So that if it is not so, then..." He could not finish, and ran out of the room.

"Ah, may the devil take you and evewybody," were the last words Rostov heard.

Rostov went to Telyanin's quarters.

"The master is not in, he's gone to headquarters," said Telyanin's orderly.

" Has something happened?" he added, surprised at the cadet's troubled face.