Points to Ponder — Page 23
— 23 He picked up the whip to beat him. The prince said, “I am a general of the Tsar and no non -general can beat a general. ” The king said, “General Tolstoy , I order you to beat this prince. ” Then the prince referred to the Russian constitution that a non-lord could not beat a lord. The king said, “Count Tolstoy , rise and beat the prince. ” So he raised Tolstoy to the level of a count from a gatekeeper and had the prince punished by him.