PAULOVSKOY. 
291 
broken every pane of glass. Determined to chap. 
sell our lives as dearly as possible, we drew * 
our sabres, and proceeded in a body towards 
the residence of the Governor, a very worthy 
man, who instantly rose from his bed, and set 
on foot an inquiry after the offenders, which 
continued the whole of the night. At the same 
time, soldiers were stationed with the carriage, 
and the patrole of the town was doubled. 
Towards morning, they brought in a young man, 
whom they stated to have detected in the act 
of making his escape from the out-houses of our 
inn. During his examination, the cause of all 
this disorder was made known. He proved to 
be a lover of one of the girls of the house ; and as 
she had refused to come out to him when he had 
sent for her, his jealousy convinced him that he 
was slighted upon our account. In a fit of 
desperate fury, he had therefore resolved to 
wreak his vengeance upon some of the party, 
if not upon all : and in this undertaking he had 
been aided by certain of his comrades. The 
poor fellow was more an object of pity than 
resentment, and we interceded for his pardon ; 
but the Governor insisted upon making an ex- 
ample of him. The police-officers led him 
away, sulky, and, as it seemed, nothing loth, 
to be flogged. As he went, he still vowed 
revenge; declaring, that he was not alone in 
