"I was walking.

And I was tired.

I took his cycle and his uniform away from him." There was something about his tone and the look in his eyes that made Fred refrain from asking any more questions.

He admired Ivan greatly, but he was a little afraid of him, too.

In him he could see what lay behind the general belief that Russia was still a barbarous, partially civilized state, the underlying truth of the old saying: "Scratch a Russian, and you will find a Tartar beneath." He was glad that Ivan was on his side, and was bound to him, moreover, by his loyalty to the name of Suvaroff.
"Listen, now," said Ivan.