Война и мир

Chapter 7

           ButwhenhesawtheFrenchandsawTíkhonandlearnedthattherewouldcertainlybeanattackthatnight,hedecided,withtherapiditywithwhichyoungpeoplechangetheirviews,thatthegeneral,whomhehadgreatlyrespectedtillthen,wasarubbishyGerman,thatDenísovwasahero,theesaulahero,andTíkhonaherotoo,andthatitwouldbeshamefulforhimtoleavethematamomentofdifficulty.

           ItwasalreadygrowingduskwhenDenísov,Pétya,andtheesaulrodeuptothewatchhouse.Inthetwilightsaddledhorsescouldbeseen,andCossacksandhussarswhohadriggeduproughsheltersinthegladeandwerekindlingglowingfiresinahollowoftheforestwheretheFrenchcouldnotseethesmoke.InthepassageofthesmallwatchhouseaCossackwithsleevesrolledupwaschoppingsomemutton.IntheroomthreeofficersofDenísov’sbandwereconvertingadoorintoatabletop.Pétyatookoffhiswetclothes,gavethemtobedried,andatoncebeganhelpingtheofficerstofixupthedinnertable.

           Intenminutesthetablewasreadyandanapkinspreadonit.Onthetablewerevodka,aflaskofrum,whitebread,roastmutton,andsalt.

           Sittingattablewiththeofficersandtearingthefatsavorymuttonwithhishands,downwhichthegreasetrickled,Pétyawasinanecstaticchildishstateofloveforallmen,andconsequentlyofconfidencethatotherslovedhiminthesameway.

           “Sothenwhatdoyouthink,VasíliDmítrich?”saidhetoDenísov.

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