" "Not on any account!" exclaimed Rostov.

"I did not expect this of you," said the staff captain seriously and severely.

" You don't wish to apologize, but, man, it's not only to him but to the whole regiment--all of us--you're to blame all round.

The case is this: you ought to have thought the matter over and taken advice; but no, you go and blurt it all straight out before the officers.