That is as much as to tell you, brother, that nothing would have prevented me from setting out." "You are a brave girl, Nadia," replied Michael.

"God Himself would have led you." All day the tarantass was driven rapidly by the iemschiks, who succeeded each other at every stage.

The eagles of the mountain would not have found their name dishonored by these "eagles" of the highway.

The high price paid for each horse, and the tips dealt out so freely, recommended the travelers in a special way.

Perhaps the postmasters thought it singular that, after the publication of the order, a young man and his sister, evidently both Russians, could travel freely across Siberia, which was closed to everyone else, but their papers were all en regle and they had the right to pass.
However, Michael Strogoff and Nadia were not the only travelers on their way from Perm to Ekaterenburg.