The one selected by charles xii . balashov could not help flushing with delight at the felicity of this reply . balashov had hardly uttered the last word poltava when caulaincourt began talking of the badness of the road from petersburg to moscow and his own petersburg reminiscences 巴拉瑟夫还未把“波尔塔瓦”这最后几个字说出口,科兰库尔就谈到从彼得堡到莫斯科的那条道路怎样难走,并且想起了他在彼得堡经历的情景。