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Chapter 25

           Theywerebothpale,andthesuperintendentofpolice,afterreportingthathehadexecutedtheinstructionshehadreceived,informedthecountthatanimmensecrowdhadcollectedinthecourtyardandwishedtoseehim.

           WithoutsayingawordRostopchínroseandwalkedhastilytohislight,luxuriousdrawingroom,wenttothebalconydoor,tookholdofthehandle,letitgoagain,andwenttothewindowfromwhichhehadabetterviewofthewholecrowd.Thetallladwasstandinginfront,flourishinghisarmandsayingsomethingwithasternlook.Theblood-stainedsmithstoodbesidehimwithagloomyface.Adroneofvoiceswasaudiblethroughtheclosedwindow.

           “Ismycarriageready?”askedRostopchín,steppingbackfromthewindow.

           “Itis,yourexcellency,”repliedtheadjutant.

           Rostopchínwentagaintothebalconydoor.

           “Butwhatdotheywant?”heaskedthesuperintendentofpolice.

           “Yourexcellency,theysaytheyhavegotready,accordingtoyourorders,togoagainsttheFrench,andtheyshoutedsomethingabouttreachery.Butitisaturbulentcrowd,yourexcellency—Ihardlymanagedtogetawayfromit.Yourexcellency,Iventuretosuggest...”

           “Youmaygo.Idon’tneedyoutotellmewhattodo!”exclaimedRostopchínangrily.

           Hestoodbythebalconydoorlookingatthecrowd.

           “ThisiswhattheyhavedonewithRussia!Thisiswhattheyhavedonewithme!”thoughthe,fullofanirrepressiblefurythatwelledupwithinhimagainstthesomeonetowhomwhatwashappeningmightbeattributed.

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