come upon all." Then he described the defeats, the fall, the
disgrace of the country, in such lofty and touching speech
that he roused at once great patriotism in the heart of the
"knight, to whom his own misfortunes seemed so belittled
that he was almost unable to see them. The priest re-
proved him for the animosity and hatred against the Cos-
sacks which he had observed in him.

"The Cossacks you will crush," said he, "as enemies of
the faith and the country, as allies of the Pagan; but you
will forgive them for having injured you, and pardon them
from your heart, without thought of vengeance. And when
you manifest this, I know that God will comfort you, re-
store your love to you, and send you peace."

Then the priest made the sign of the cross over Pan
Yan, blessed him, and went out, having enjoined as pen-
ance to lie in the form of a cross till morning before the
crucified Christ.

The chapel was empty and dark; only two candles were
burning before the altar, casting rosy and golden gleams on
the face of Christ, cut from alabaster and full of sweetness
and suffering. Hours passed away, and the lieutenant lay
there motionless as if dead; but he felt with increasing cer-
tainty that bitterness, despair, hatred, pain, grief, suffering,
were unwinding themselves from his heart, -- crawling out
of his breast, creeping away like serpents, and hiding some-
where in the darkness. He felt that he was breathing more
freely, that a kind of new health and new strength were
entering into him, that his mind was becoming clearer and
a species of happiness was embracing him; in a word, he
found before that altar and before that Christ all, whatever
it might be, that a man of those ages could find, -- a man
of unshaken faith, without a trace or a shadow of doubt.

Next morning the lieutenant was as if reborn. Work,
movement, and bustle began, for this was the day of leaving
Lubni. Officers from early morning had to review the regi-
ments to see that horses and men were in proper order,
then lead them to the field, and put them in marching
array. The prince heard holy Mass in the Church of
St. Michael, after which he returned to the castle and re-
ceived deputations from the Greek clergy and from the
townspeople of Lubni and Khorol. Then he mounted the
throne, in the hall painted by Helm, surrounded by his fore-
most knights; and here Grubi, the mayor of Lubni, gave his
farewell in Russian in the name of all the places belqiging to