" Come on!... And we'll take Bruin with us.

" And he caught the bear, took it in his arms, lifted it from the ground, and began dancing round the room with it.

Prince Vasili kept the promise he had given to Princess Drubetskaya who had spoken to him on behalf of her only son Boris on the evening of Anna Pavlovna's soiree.

The matter was mentioned to the Emperor, an exception made, and Boris transferred into the regiment of Semenov Guards with the rank of cornet.