They at once seated themselves at the table.
"So you managed to get yourself captured yesterday," Doctor Michaeloff said to Charlie.

"I have not had the pleasure of seeing many of you gentlemen here." "We don't come if we can help it," Charlie laughed.

"But the Cossacks were so pressing, that I could not resist.

In fact, I did not know anything about it, until I was well on the way." "I hope they have made you comfortable," the other said, sharply.
"I can't say much for the food," Charlie said, "and still less for the cell, which was bitterly cold.

Still, as the doctor gave me two rugs to wrap myself up in, I need not grumble." "That is not right," the other said angrily.