Michael Strogoff

or

The Courier of the Czar

by Jules Verne



Michael Strogoff

BOOK I

CHAPTER I A FETE AT THE NEW PALACE

"SIRE, a fresh dispatch."

"Whence?"

"From Tomsk?"

"Is the wire cut beyond that city?"

"Yes, sire, since yesterday."

"Telegraph hourly to Tomsk, General, and keep me informed
of all that occurs."

"Sire, it shall be done," answered General Kissoff.