There was a great deal of drinking.

They tossed Serpuhovskoy in the air and caught him again several times.

Then they did the same to the colonel.

Then, to the accompaniment of the band, the colonel himself danced with Petritsky.

Then the colonel, who began to show signs of feebleness, sat down on a bench in the courtyard and began demonstrating to Yashvin the superiority of Russia over Poland, especially in cavalry attack, and there was a lull in the revelry for a moment.