«Vivat!» repeated the two envoys, Löwenhaupt and Schitte; then some tens of officers of the foreign command.
But in the hall there reigned deep silence. The colonels and the nobles gazed at one another with astonishment, as if asking whether the prince had not lost his senses. A number of voices were heard at last at various parts of the table: «Do we hear aright? What is it?» Then there was silence again.
Unspeakable horror coupled with amazement was reflected on faces, and the eyes of all were turned again to Radzivill; but he continued to stand, and was breathing deeply, as if he had cast off some immense weight from his breast. The color came back by degrees to his face; then he turned to Pan Komorovski, and said,--
«It is time to make public the compact which we have signed this da
