were sent with them too.

As soon as the prince had been sent away, officers were dispatched to
take possession of his palace, and to make an inventory of the property
contained in it. The officers found a vast amount of treasure. Among
other things, they discovered a strong box buried in a vault, which
contained an immense sum of money. There were four hundred vessels of
silver of great weight, and many other rich and costly articles. All
these things were confiscated, and the proceeds put into the imperial
treasury.

Thekelavitaw, the commander-in-chief of the Guards, had his head cut
off. The subordinate officer who had the immediate command of the
detachment which marched out to Obrogensko was punished by being first
scourged with the knout, then having his tongue cut out, and then being
sent to Siberia in perpetual banishment, with an allowance for his
subsistence of one third the pittance which had been granted to
Galitzin. Some of the private soldiers of the detachment were also
sentenced to have their tongues cut out, and then to be sent to Siberia
to earn their living there by hunting sables.

Peter was not willing that the Princess Sophia, being his sister,
should be publicly punished or openly disgraced in any way, so it was
decreed that she should retire to a certain convent, situated in a
solitary place a little way out of town, where she could be closely
watched and guarded. Sophia was extremely unwilling to obey this
decree, and she would not go to the convent of her own accord. The
commander of the Guards was thereupon directed to send a body of armed
men to convey her there, with orders to take her by force if she would
not go willingly; so Sophia was compelled to submit, and, when she was
lodged in the convent, soldiers were placed not only to keep sentinel
at the doors, but also to guard all the avenues leading to the place,
so as effectually to cut the poor prisoner off from all possible
communication with any who might be disposed to sympathize with her or
aid her. She remained in this condition, a close prisoner, for many
years.

Two days after this--every thing connected with the conspiracy having
been settled--it was determined that Peter should return to Moscow. He
made a grand triumphant entry into the city, attended by an armed
escort of eighteen thousand of the Guards. Peter himself rode
conspicuously at the head of the troops on horseback. His wife and his
mother followed in