hero of our last campaign, Prince Pyotr Ivánovich Bagratión!” and again his blue eyes grew moist. “Hurrah!” cried the three hundred voices again, but instead of the band a choir began singing a cantata composed by Pável Ivánovich Kutúzov:
Russians! O’er all barriers on! Courage conquest guarantees; Have we not Bagratión? He brings foemen to their knees, … etc.
As soon as the singing was over, another and another toast was proposed and Count Ilyá Andréevich became more and more moved, more glass was smashed, and the shouting grew louder. They drank to Bekleshëv, Narýshkin, Uvárov, Dolgorúkov, Apráksin, Valúev, to the committee, to all the club members and to all the club guests, and finally to Count Ilyá Andréevich separately, as the organizer of the banquet. At that toast, the count took out his handkerchief and, covering his face,