"No, I only wonder how you managed to get away from your regiment.

Dans un moment je suis a vous,"* he said, answering someone who called him.

*"In a minute I shall be at your disposal.

" "I see I'm intruding," Rostov repeated.

The look of annoyance had already disappeared from Boris' face: having evidently reflected and decided how to act, he very quietly took both Rostov's hands and led him into the next room.