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The officer snatched a little food at a comrade's, and rode again to the vanguard to find Miloradovich. Miloradovich too was away, but here he was told that he had gone to a ball at General Kikin's and that Ermolov was probably there too. "But where is it?" "Why, there, over at Echkino," said a Cossack officer, pointing to a country house in the far distance. "What, outside our line?"
Another express was immediately sent off with the order for Kikin's arrest, and both the couriers arrived in Petersburg very nearly at the same time. The one, however, who brought the warning was a little too late. When he arrived the house of the commissioner was surrounded by a guard of fifty grenadiers, and officers were then in Kikin's apartment taking him out of his bed.
He was in the apartment at the time that the Czar was writing the order for Kikin's arrest, standing, as was his wont, behind the chair of the Czar, so as to be ready at hand to convey messages or to wait upon his master. He looked over, and saw the order which the Czar was writing.
Alexis resolves to escape Alexis makes arrangements for flight Secrecy Alexis deceives Afrosinia How Alexis obtained the money Alexander Kikin Alexis sets out on his journey Meets Kikin Arrangements Plans matured Kikin's cunning contrivances False letters Kikin and Alexis concert their plans Possibility of being intercepted More prevarications Arrival at Vienna The Czar sends for Alexis Interview with the envoys Threats of Alexis He returns to Naples St.
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