“Go to your quarters at once, sir!” he commanded. “You are under arrest.”
Without a word, General Surgoff turned on his heel and made his way slowly to his own quarters.
“What are you going to do with him, sir?” asked Jack.
“Take him before the Czar,” was the reply.
“But why trouble His Majesty?” said Jack. “Surely he has been punished enough. Why not let him go?”
“By the Czar!” exclaimed General Burgoff again. “So you are so forgiving, eh? Now, were I in your place, I could wish nothing better than to see him hanged.”
“I don’t want to see any man hanged, sir,” returned Jack decidedly.
“Well, that’s the difference between an Englishman and a Russian,” said the general. “However, you are the fellow who has suffered. I shall do as you suggest.”
“Then, sir, simply deprive him of his rank and let him go.”
The general threw wide his arms.