Page:Leo Tolstoy - Father Sergius and Other Stories and Plays - ed. Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright (1911).djvu/64

 58 "Of course. There is a hostelry at the monastery, and a very good one. When I was defending Makine I stopped there."

"No, I shall spend the night at Kasatsky's!"

"Even your great power, dear lady, could not make that possible."

"Not possible? I'll bet you!"

"Good! If you spend the night at Kasatsky's I'll pay you whatever you like."

"A discrétion!"

"And you the same, remember."

"Agreed! Let's start."

They gave the driver some wine, and they opened a basket of pies, cakes, and wines for themselves. The ladies drew their white furs round about them. The postilions broke into a dispute as to which should go ahead, and the younger one, turning sharply round, lifted his whip-handle high up and shouted at the horses. The bells tinkled, and the runners creaked beneath the sledge; the sledge swayed and rocked a little. The outer horses trotted smoothly and briskly, with their tightly-bound tails under the gaily-decorated breech-bands. The slippery road faded away rapidly. The driver held the reins tightly.

The lawyer and the officer, who sat on the back seat, talked nonsense to Madame Makovkin's