The peasants waited now, and during a journey which Alexander made in Middle Russia they flocked around him as he passed, beseeching him to grant them liberty--a petition, however, which Alexander received with great repugnance.
This quote illustrates the peasants' desperate plea for freedom and their perception of the Tsar's reluctance.
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