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CHAPTER I
The great-grandfather of the Krasoffs, known by the manor-house servants under the nickname of "The Gipsy," was hunted with wolfhounds by Cavalry Captain Durnovo. The Gipsy had lured his lord-and-master's mistress away from him. Durnovo gave orders that The Gipsy should be taken out into the fields and placed on a hillock. Then he himself went out there with a pack of hounds and shouted "Tallyho! Go for him! " The Gipsy, who was sitting there in a state of stupor, started to run. But there is no use in running away from wolfhounds.