Sibuyela kufayela le- inganekwane yomlando ukuthatha kabusha uNapoleon nezinsuku zakhe zokugcina zika lwela amandla. I-Emperor ethathe umhlalaphansi, ecishe inganakwa futhi ikhohliwe esiqhingini esincane, inqanyuliwe emhlabeni owakhelwe uzungu ngaye. Kepha usomaqhinga owaziwa kakhulu owayekwazi ukubusa ngethambo lempi noma yisiphi isici sempilo yezenhlalo nezombusazwe salokho okwaba umbuso wakhe, wayengazimisele ukushiya ekudingisweni okunethezekile okubheke iMedithera.
Okubi kubuya njalo. Kusuka ebuhlungwini bamazinyo kuya kumhloli wentela. UNapoleon wayengeke abe mncane futhi walinda isikhathi sakhe
Futhi wabuya uNapoleon. Akukho okwakunjengaphambilini kepha wayazi ukuthi wayigcina ingaguquki inganekwane yakhe namandla wesithombe sakhe ahambisana nobukhazikhazi obudala. Abanye, inkosi yambeka esikhundleni sakhe, uLouis XVIII wamvulela indlela.
Ngoba inkosi enjengaye, njengoba abanye babeyifisa njengokuyinto yokwenziwa ngabanye, yayimi njengesitha esilula sezwe elikhululekile uNapoleon aqala ukusilwela, kwaba sengathi wayengumpetha wentando yeningi ezinsukwini zakhe njengombusi oyingozi.
Izinsuku ezimbalwa zokudideka ngaphandle kokungabaza ezagcina ziqhuma ezinsukwini eziyikhulu ezidumile zaphenduka ithuba lesibili likaBonaparte.
Inkinga kwakuwukuthi ngalezo zinsuku eziyikhulu, ezazizodinga ukuqina okukhulu kunakuqala kumbusi ofana noNapoleon, bakhomba ukuguga komholi omdala, we-marshal onqobayo owayesevele ezwa izilonda zakhe zesisu njengesithiyo sakhe esikhulu ukulwa nawo wonke amabutho akhe ngamandla angagcina ekwazile ukuwenza ngokuphelele.
Futhi-ke weza eWaterloo, mhlawumbe engakulungele kangako ukulwa. Kepha ngizimisele, yebo, ukuqhubeka nokukhulula igazi lamasosha, lawo noma aphikisana nawo, ayezosabalalisa imibono yawo emkhakheni futhi ngesikhathi lapho umbusi uqobo ayekulungiselele ukunqoba okuthile.
Kodwa cha, kwakungeyona. IWaterloo kwaba yisimo esibi kakhulu, ukwehlulwa kokugcina, lapho ebuyela eParis, kwamlahla unomphela ngokukhishwa inyumbazane esiqhingini esinjengeSanta Helena lapho, kulokhu, izitha zakhe zazama kanzima ukumvimbela ekwenzeni uhambo olusha.
Ukulandisa okuthakazelisayo ngalezo zinsuku ezingajwayelekile phakathi kwabadingisiwe, ukubonakala kombusi omkhulu onambitha yokwehlulwa.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi The Invisible Emperor, inoveli kaMark Braude, lapha: