But it will die away in time.

I wrote yesterday afternoon to my friends in St.
Petersburg, urging them to obtain the appointment of some friend to this post.

The party of reform will be in the ascendency in the counsels of the emperor, and I have every hope that I shall shortly be restored to favor at court, a matter, by the way, which I care for very much more for the sake of my daughters than for myself.

The countess and I are well content with our life in the country, but the girls naturally look forward to the gayeties of life at the capital.
Beside which," he added, laughing, "I must be looking for husbands for them, and I fear that I should not find satisfactory suitors in this neighborhood." Jack could not help glancing at Olga, for, with a midshipman's usual inflammatory tendency, he was convinced that he was hopelessly in love with that damsel.

Olga colored, and then turned away, from which Jack could gain no indication favorable or otherwise for his hopes.
The count now explained the plans that had been adopted for their escape.