There was silence in the hall, and the Secretary loudly announced that Michael Stepanich Snetkov, Captain of the Guards, was nominated for the post of Provincial Marshal, and that the ballot would now be taken.
Mély csönd lett a teremben, a titkár fennszóval kihirdette, hogy a kormányzóság elnöki állására Sznetkov Sztepanovics Mihail a jelölt.