"With young Count Peter, by the Zharov rank grass," answered Simon, smiling. "Though she`s a lady, she`s very fond of hunting."

"People are being arrested..." said the count. "I`ve told the countess she should not speak French so much. It`s not the time for it now."

"And there hasn`t been anyone in the room except the lieutenant and yourselves. It must be here somewhere," said Lavrushka.

Tushin did not say that there were no covering troops, though that was perfectly true. He was afraid of getting some other officer into trouble, and silently fixed his eyes on Bagration as a schoolboy who has blundered looks at an examiner.