Then Miloradovich looked round significantly at the other generals.

But one could not tell from that significant look whether he agreed or disagreed and was satisfied or not with the arrangements.

Next to Weyrother sat Count Langeron who, with a subtle smile that never left his typically southern French face during the whole time of the reading, gazed at his delicate fingers which rapidly twirled by its corners a gold snuffbox on which was a portrait.