One has so many relatives in Moscow! So you are Boris? Of course.

Well, now we know where we are.

And what do you think of the Boulogne expedition? The English will come off badly, you know, if Napoleon gets across the Channel.

I think the expedition is quite feasible.

If only Villeneuve doesn't make a mess of things!" Boris knew nothing about the Boulogne expedition; he did not read the papers and it was the first time he had heard Villeneuve's name.