"That's it, Alexey," said the captain, in his loud baritone.

"You must just eat a mouthful, now, and drink only one tiny glass.

" "Oh, I'm not hungry.

" "There go the inseparables," Yashvin dropped, glancing sarcastically at the two officers who were at that instant leaving the room.

And he bent his long legs, swathed in tight riding breeches, and sat down in the chair, too low for him, so that his knees were cramped up in a sharp angle.