“...How often a little thing ruins great plans. Boris Georgievich didn’t think about anything like that, and therefore allowed him to enter. An exceptionally English-looking valet named Kuzkin presented the dispatch on a silver tray. Not expecting a catch, Boris Georgievich looked at the telegraph sheet. Before he had time to skim through a few lines, his eyebrows went up, his breath caught in his throat, and he jumped up so abruptly that the chair made an unpleasant squeal. The butler shuddered, gasped and widened his eyes, but otherwise maintained his composure, as befits a true Englishman from Vasilyevsky Island. But the diplomat behaved unrestrainedly, shouting: “Why didn’t they report it right away!” - and rushed to the exit so quickly that he pushed the butler and hurt very much..."