You and Ivan were about to get married. You loved each other. He wrote you beautiful letters and paid attention to the balls, ignoring the other ladies.

You are waiting for him at the new ball. It was only recently that the Decembrist uprising thundered in St. Petersburg. You don't know yet that Ivan Pushchin is involved in it. He didn't tell you anything. But now, you hear everyone around you discussing the rioters, and you hear Ivan's last name. Was he sent into exile