He asked him to tell them how and where he got his wound.

This pleased Rostov and he began talking about it, and as he went on became more and more animated.

He told them of his Schon Grabern affair, just as those who have taken part in a battle generally do describe it, that is, as they would like it to have been, as they have heard it described by others, and as sounds well, but not at all as it really was.