Oh yes, that's the French ambassador himself!" she replied to the countess' inquiry about Caulaincourt.

" Looks as if he were a king! All the same, the French are charming, very charming.

No one more charming in society.

Ah, here she is! Yes, she is still the most beautiful of them all, our Marya Antonovna! And how simply she is dressed! Lovely! And that stout one in spectacles is the universal Freemason," she went on, indicating Pierre.