"Brainless beef! can I be like that?" he thought.

Be that as it might, when, on the seventh day, he parted from the prince, who was starting for Moscow, and received his thanks, he was happy to be rid of his uncomfortable position and the unpleasant reflection of himself.

He said good-bye to him at the station on their return from a bear hunt, at which they had had a display of Russian prowess kept up all night.