"How do you expect him to answer you all at once?" said Prince Andrew.

" Besides, in the actions of a statesman one has to distinguish between his acts as a private person, as a general, and as an emperor.

So it seems to me.

" "Yes, yes, of course!" Pierre chimed in, pleased at the arrival of this reinforcement.

"One must admit," continued Prince Andrew, "that Napoleon as a man was great on the bridge of Arcola, and in the hospital at Jaffa where he gave his hand to the plague-stricken; but... but there are other acts which it is difficult to justify.