" "I saw him myself," replied the man with a self-confident smile of derision.

" I ought to know the Emperor by now, after the times I've seen him in Petersburg.

I saw him just as I see you....

There he sat in the carriage as pale as anything.

How they made the four black horses fly! Gracious me, they did rattle past! It's time I knew the Imperial horses and Ilya Ivanych.