"Mamma darling!" said Natasha, kneeling by her mother and bringing her face close to her mother`s, "I am sorry, forgive me, I`ll never do it again; I woke you up! Mavra Kuzminichna has sent me: they have brought some wounded hereofficers. Will you let them come? They have nowhere to go. I knew you`d let them come!" she said quickly all in one breath.

Rachel murmured in obedience to her father’s glance.