"You'll get it next quarter. So you were in Pereyaslav?"

"I was, but didn't find Bogun. Old Colonel Loboda is
sick. They say Bogun will succeed him soon. But some-
thing strange is going on. Hardly a handful of Cossacks
have remained in the regiment; the others, they say, have
gone after Bogun, or run away to the Saitch; and this is
very important, for some rebellion is on foot. I wanted to
know something certain about Bogun, but all they told.me
was that he had crossed to the Russian bank,&1 'Well,'
thought I, ' if that is true, then our princess is safe from
him; ' and I returned."

"You did well. Had you any adventures on the road?"

"No, but I want awfully to eat something."

Jendzian went out; and the lieutenant, being alone, be-
gan to read Helena's letter again, and to press to his lips
those characters that were not so shapely as the hand that
had penned th-m. Confidence entered his heart, and he
thought,--

"The road will soon dry, if God gives good weather.
The Kurtsevichi, too, knowing that Bogun has nothing,
will be sure not to betray me. I will leave Rozlogi to them,
and add something of my own to get that dear little star."

He dressed with a bright face, and with a bosom full of
happiness went to the chapel to thank God humbly for the
good news.

1 The right bank of the Dnieper was called Russian; the left, Tartar.