1 He took the dispatch which was addressed to him and began to read it with a mournful expression.
2 Having glanced through the dispatch he laid it on the table and looked at Prince Andrew, evidently considering something.
3 The lieutenant colonel of hussars smiled beneath his mustache at the orderly's tone, dismounted, gave his horse to a dispatch runner, and approached Bolkonski with a slight bow.
4 And Bilibin repeated the actual words of the diplomatic dispatch, which he had himself composed.
5 Next day during the service at the palace church in honor of the Emperor's birthday, Prince Volkonski was called out of the church and received a dispatch from Prince Kutuzov.
6 So it was decided to send a dispatch to the staff.
7 Toward midnight Bolkhovitinov, having received the dispatch and verbal instructions, galloped off to the General Staff accompanied by a Cossack with spare horses.
8 "Here is the dispatch," said Bolkhovitinov.
9 While listening to the officer's report Konovnitsyn broke the seal and read the dispatch.
10 "There, they kept telling us: 'It's dangerous, it's dangerous,'" said the officer, addressing the esaul while Denisov was reading the dispatch.'
11 And Denisov told the esaul that the dispatch just delivered was a repetition of the German general's demand that he should join forces with him for an attack on the transport.
12 A very few minutes only were necessary to parade a few files, and to dispatch an orderly with a flag to announce the approach of the commandant of the fort.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 13 We will load the back of this Mohican until he staggers under our bounty, and dispatch him after my young men.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24 14 Meanwhile the travellers continued to press on their journey with a dispatch which argued the extremity of the Jew's fears, since persons at his age are seldom fond of rapid motion.
15 The old housekeeper answered the summons with all dispatch; and dropping a curtsey at the door, waited for orders.