colia looked worried and perplexed. he could not understand the vagaries of the general, and knew nothing of the last achievement of that worthy, which had caused so much commotion in the house. but he could see that his father had of late changed very much, and that he had begun to behave in so extraordinary a fashion both at home and abroad that he was not like the same man. what perplexed and disturbed him as much as anything was that his father had entirely given up drinking during the last few days. colia knew that he had quarrelled with both lebedeff and the prince, and had just bought a small bottle of vodka and brought it home for his father.