A midnight meeting--An unusual request--Four women of “the movement”--A sharp engagement--How the plot was carried out--Plans for escape--Disappointment--An educated cab-driver--A bold scheme--A unique “bridal” party--No news--Alarm--On the trail--A gendarme companion--Suspicious incidents--A night alarm--Caught--A desperate chance--“Au revoir”--Found--Back to the fight--Watched--Final escape. CHAPTER XX. WITH THE RUSSIAN WORKMAN 433 Yusofka for a week-end--An exciting journey--A late welcome--Guarded slumber--The story of Yusofka--The Black Country of Russia--Time of small consequence to Russian workmen--Russian holidays numerous--The working-day--Cost of living not low--Coal-mines--The Artel--Morality--The drink question--Through a Russian coal-mine--The Russian engineer an obstacle to progress--Child-labor laws good--Conditions compared with Scotland and Pennsylvania--Comparative wage scale--Standards of living--Departure from Yusofka. CHAPTER XXI. TOLSTOI--ODESSA--CONSTANTINOPLE 456 A visit to Russia’s grand old man--An interesting _yamschik_--Tolstoi’s views on the present struggle--His world-wide interests--The varied and interesting Tolstoi household--On to the Crimea--Odessa--The Black Hundred organization--Promoting massacres--Quitting Odessa during a dock strike--A Black Hundred crew--Difficulties at sea--Back to Odessa--A fresh start--A motley cargo of passengers--Bokhara pilgrims bound for Mecca, Central Asia Jews journeying to Jerusalem, German Lutherans--Crossing the Black Sea--Arrival in Constantinople. CHAPTER XXII. THE TREND 481 Whither? The future of Russia--Why the revolution has not yet succeeded--Probable outcome of the struggle--Inevitableness of eventual overthrow of present régime--Attitude of foreign Powers--The Russian people during the period of rebellion--Effect upon national character--The Czar and the people--The Czar and the world--What we may expect. APPENDICES 497 A--Caucasian testimony; B--The Duma’s Reply to the Throne Speech; C--M. Lopuchin’s letter to M. Stolypin; D--Report on Siedlce pogrom; E--Notes on Wages and Cost of Living. INDEX 529 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The author and his brigand guide and interpreter _Frontispiece_ Moscow barricades 8 Map: Mr. Durland’s route of travel 10 Moscow barricades 13 The “Volksguard” of Salisburg 22 The Governor-General of the Terek 39 My host--Prince Andronnikov. Some of my officer companions 44