Natasha ran into the house and went on tiptoe through the half-open door into the sitting room, where there was a smell of vinegar and Hoffman`s drops.

"I don`t myself know `to who,`" replied the cornet in a serious tone, "but the prince told me to `go and tell the colonel that the hussars must return quickly and fire the bridge.`"

"But is it possible that all is really ended?" asked Pierre.

‘Her father,’ replied the other softly.