Von Scherer saw him, after he arrived at an inn in Wilna, somewhat
recovered by warmth and food, but acting childishly.

While he ate the food placed before him he would make terrible grimaces,
crying or laughing for minutes at a time.

His constitution badly shaken, but gradually improving, he returned home,
and it took a long time before he recovered completely.

All traces of his sickness disappeared finally, and as active as ever he
attended his former duties.

Another officer, with whom von Scherer traveled a few days between Krasnoe
and Orscha, had not until then suffered any real want.

He rode in a well-closed carriage drawn by strong horses, had two soldiers
as servants, was well dressed and suffered, therefore, much less than
others. Especially was he well protected from the cold, yet this had a
severe effect on him. His mind became deranged, he did not recognize von
Scherer with whom he had been on intimate terms for years, nor could he
call either of his servants by name; he would constantly run alongside the
carriage, insisting that it belonged to the French emperor and that he was
entrusted to guard his majesty.

Only when he had fallen asleep, or by force, was von Scherer able, with the
aid of the two servants, to place him in the carriage.

His mental condition became worse every day; von Scherer had to leave him.

This officer reached Wilna, where he was made a prisoner and soon died in