There was therefore a certainty that you were still living, for the Russians would assuredly not have troubled to carry off a dead body.

His majesty interested himself very much in the matter, and yesterday morning sent me off to inquire if you were alive, and if so, to propose an exchange.
"I was much pleased, when I reached Plescow yesterday, to learn that your wound is not a serious one.

I saw the doctor, who, I found, was a countryman of yours, and he assured me that it was nothing, and made some joke that I did not understand about the thickness of North Country skulls.
"The czar arrived in the afternoon, but I did not see him until late in the evening, when I was sent for.

I found him with the general in command, and several other officers, among whom was your friend the doctor.

The czar was, at first, in a furious passion.