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"Zat was a terrible time, Nicolinka," continued Karl Ivanitch, "ze time of Napoleon. He vanted to conquer Germany, ant we protected our _Vaterland_ to ze last trop of plot. Me vere at Ulm, me vere at Austerlitz, me vere at Wagram."
"Did you really fight? " I asked with a gaze of astonishment "Did you really kill anybody?"