Find out as much as you can, and let me know to-morrow." "I will try, Excellency; but I have little hope of succeeding.

They distrust me.

They send the children to my shop for what they want, and the little ones have evidently been told not to chatter.

The moujiks avoid me when they meet me.

What can I do ?" "You can show them that you are not afraid of them," answered Paul.
"That goes a long way with the moujik." They walked on together through the lane of cottages, where furtive forms lurked in door-ways and behind curtains.