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The Guards had made their whole march as if on a pleasure trip,

parading their cleanliness and discipline. They had come by easy

stages, their knapsacks conveyed on carts, and the Austrian

authorities had provided excellent dinners for the officers at

every halting place. The regiments had entered and left the town

with their bands playing, and by the Grand Duke's orders the men

had marched all the way in step (a practice on which the Guards

prided themselves), the officers on foot and at their proper

posts. Boris had been quartered, and had marched all the way,

with Berg who was already in command of a company. Berg, who had

obtained his captaincy during the campaign, had gained the

confidence of his superiors by his promptitude and accuracy and

had arranged his money matters very satisfactorily.