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Ogareff had resolved to employ this terrible means to carry fire into Irkutsk. He therefore took possession of the immense reservoirs which contained the combustible liquid. It was only necessary to demolish a piece of wall in order to allow it to flow out in a vast stream.
Have not our Cossacks met the Tartars?" "Several times, your Highness." "And they were repulsed?" "They were not in sufficient force to oppose the enemy." "Where did the encounters take place?" "At Kolyvan, at Tomsk." Until now, Ogareff had only spoken the truth, but, in the hope of troubling the defenders of Irkutsk by exaggerating the defeats, he added, "And a third time before Krasnoiarsk."
The Grand Duke was therefore informed that the Czar's courier was not at that moment in the palace. Two o'clock struck. Now was the time to cause the diversion agreed upon with the Tartars, waiting for the assault. Ivan Ogareff opened the window and stationed himself at the North angle of the side terrace. Below him flowed the roaring waters of the Angara.
Unfortunately, it is too probable that your daughter must have passed the frontier, and you can only have one hope, that she stopped on learning the news of the Tartar invasion!" The father's head fell! He knew Nadia, and he knew too well that nothing would have prevented her from setting out. Ivan Ogareff had just committed gratuitously an act of real cruelty.
It was evident that the Russian government purposed taking severe measures to guard against any serious eventualities even in the interior of the empire. The rebel lion had not crossed the Siberian frontier, but evil influences might be feared in the Volga provinces, so near to the country of the Kirghiz. The police had as yet found no traces of Ivan Ogareff.
The houses on the bank, built of wood, took fire in every direction. A bright light dissipated the darkness of the night. "At last!" said Ivan Ogareff. He had good reason for congratulating himself. The diversion which he had planned was terrible. The defenders of Irkutsk found themselves between the attack of the Tartars and the fearful effects of fire.
"Where was Ogareff last heard of?" "In the province of Perm." "In what town?" "At Perm itself." "What was he doing?" "He appeared unoccupied, and there was nothing suspicious in his conduct." "Then he was not under the surveillance of the secret police?" "No, sire." "When did he leave Perm?" "About the month of March?" "To go...?" "Where, is unknown." "And it is not known what has become of him?"
"Here are letters which accredit us in Russia, from the English and French chancellor's office." Ivan Ogareff took the letters which Blount held out, and read them attentively. "You ask," said he, "authorization to follow our military operations in Siberia?" "We ask to be free, that is all," answered the English correspondent dryly.
"Your Highness," answered Michael, "ask me rather the name of the man who lies at your feet!" "That man, I know him! He is a servant of my brother! He is the Czar's courier!" "That man, your Highness, is not a courier of the Czar! He is Ivan Ogareff!" "Ivan Ogareff!" exclaimed the Grand Duke. "Yes, Ivan the Traitor!" "But who are you, then?" "Michael Strogoff!"
It had been decided that a military fete should mark the inauguration of the Tartar headquarters in this important city. Feofar-Khan already occupied the fortress, but the bulk of his army bivouacked under its walls, waiting until the time came for them to make a solemn entry. Ivan Ogareff left the Emir at Tomsk, where both had arrived the evening before, and returned to the camp at Zabediero.
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