:43:02
However, in essence, Colonel...
:43:05
- Bolkonsky.
- Bolkonsky.
:43:07
What would you say
this letter in my hand expresses?
:43:09
It is not for me, sire,
as a mere messenger...
:43:12
to express the wishes
of His Imperial Majesty the tsar.
:43:16
Come, come, my dear fellow.
You must have an opinion of your own.
:43:20
What...
:43:25
Where have we met before?
:43:29
Your face is familiar to me.
:43:31
On the field at Austerlitz, sire.
:43:35
Austerlitz, Austerlitz.
:43:39
Yes, I do remember.
:43:43
You were lying
with a banner in your hand.
:43:47
Yes, sire.
:43:48
I thought you were dead.
:43:52
Well, well, here you are again.
I'm glad to see you.
:43:57
Now, Colonel, this letter...
what do you think it represents?
:44:02
I think it can only represent, sire...
:44:04
the sincere wish of His Majesty
the tsar to avoid war...
:44:07
and to prevent the shedding
of both Russian and French blood.
:44:11
A praiseworthy aim,
and one in which I completely concur.
:44:16
However, what else?
:44:17
What else would you say
was in this letter?
:44:21
Since you press me, sire,
for a personal opinion...
:44:25
I would say that it contained
a request for the withdrawal...
:44:28
of Your Majesty's troops
from the frontiers of our country.
:44:31
A personal opinion.
:44:32
So that's how the tsar
told his messenger to put it.
:44:36
You personally say "withdrawal,"
do you?
:44:38
Say "retreat!"
:44:40
I am a soldier,
and I use soldiers' words!
:44:42
I am not a fool!
:44:44
I have been asked
to put my head into a noose...
:44:46
while my enemies
are conspiring against me.
:44:50
Sire, it is not
a personal opinion of mine...
:44:53
when I say that the tsar
is not Your Majesty's enemy...
:44:55
and that he is
not conspiring against you.