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An address given to Menko by Labanoff had been found, and both were soon to depart for St. Petersburg. Labanoff had some doubtful acquaintances in the Russian army: several officers of artillery, who had been arrested and sent to the mines, were said to be his friends. "The matter is a grave one," said the Count.
From one bank Napoleon embarked with Murat, Berthier, Bessieres, Duroc, and Caulaincourt; and from the other, Alexander, with the Grand Duke Constantine, Generals Bennigsen and Ouvaroff, the Prince of Labanoff, and the Count of Lieven.
An address given to Menko by Labanoff had been found, and both were soon to depart for St. Petersburg. Labanoff had some doubtful acquaintances in the Russian army: several officers of artillery, who had been arrested and sent to the mines, were said to be his friends. "The matter is a grave one," said the Count.
Bennigsen found all Russia behind him after his defeat: twenty-five thousand men came in from Königsberg, Prince Labanoff brought up the Russian reserves, and thus was formed a substantial army. A retreat with this force into the vast interior would have left Napoleon as a general just where he was before.
As an Hungarian was mixed up in it, and an Hungarian of the rank and standing of Count Menko, the Austro-Hungarian authorities had immediately been advised of the whole proceeding. There were probably no proofs of actual complicity against Menko; but, as Josef Ladany had said, it seemed evident that he had come to Poland to join Labanoff.
He stopped short, as if he feared that he had already said too much. "Adieu, my dear Menko." The Hungarian detained him with a gesture, saying, with a tremble in his voice: "Labanoff! You have found me when a crisis in my life is also impending. I am about, like yourself, to commit a great folly; a different one from yours, no doubt.
Angelo Valla you know him Manin's former minister " "Yes, I know," said Count Josef, with his enigmatical smile. "Valla told me of Menko's arrest. I knew that Menko had left Paris, and I was very anxious to find where he had gone. Valla learned, at the Italian embassy in Paris, of the affair of this Labanoff and of the real or apparent complicity of Michel Menko; and he told me about it.
"Labanoff?" repeated Michel. "Monsieur Labanoff, who leaves Paris this evening, and desires to see Monsieur before his departure." The name of Labanoff recalled to Michel an old friend whom he had met in all parts of Europe, and whom he had not seen for a long time.
"It was not chance, but my own firm resolution to see you again before my departure." "I know what your friendship for me is, and it is for that reason that I ask you to tell me frankly where you will be in a month." "In a month?" repeated Labanoff. "Give me the route you are going to take? Shall you be a fixture at St. Petersburg?"
"You are not a Russian." Menko smiled, and, placing his hands upon the thin shoulders of his friend, he said: "Those words reveal many things. It is well that they were not said before an agent of police." "Yes," responded Labanoff, firmly. "But I am not in the habit of recklessly uttering my thoughts; I know that I am speaking now to Count Menko."
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