 The narrator wakes in the morning to find that the snow has stopped and he has arrived at a post station.He treats all the men to a glass of vodka and, having received fresh horses, continues on the next leg of his journey.Unlike other text that Tolstoy published at this time ("Two Hussars" and "A Landowner's Morning"), reception of "The Snowstorm" among the literati of contemporary Russia, was generally favorable.