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Chapter 16

           Hehadruinedmorethanonehorseintheirservice.Morethanoncetheyhadbeatenhim,andmorethanoncetheyhadmadehimdrunkonchampagneandMadeira,whichheloved;andheknewmorethanonethingabouteachofthemwhichwouldlongagohavesentanordinarymantoSiberia.TheyoftencalledBalagáintotheirorgiesandmadehimdrinkanddanceatthegypsies’,andmorethanonethousandrublesoftheirmoneyhadpassedthroughhishands.Intheirserviceheriskedhisskinandhislifetwentytimesayear,andintheirservicehadlostmorehorsesthanthemoneyhehadfromthemwouldbuy.Buthelikedthem;likedthatmaddrivingattwelvemilesanhour,likedupsettingadriverorrunningdownapedestrian,andflyingatfullgallopthroughtheMoscowstreets.Helikedtohearthosewild,tipsyshoutsbehindhim:“Geton!Geton!”whenitwasimpossibletogoanyfaster.Helikedgivingapainfullashonthenecktosomepeasantwho,moredeadthanalive,wasalreadyhurryingoutofhisway.“Realgentlemen!”heconsideredthem.

           AnatoleandDólokhovlikedBalagátooforhismasterlydrivingandbecausehelikedthethingstheyliked.WithothersBalagábargained,chargingtwenty-fiverublesforatwohours’drive,andrarelydrovehimself,generallylettinghisyoungmendoso.Butwith“hisgentlemen”healwaysdrovehimselfandneverdemandedanythingforhiswork.Onlyacoupleoftimesayear—whenheknewfromtheirvaletsthattheyhadmoneyinhand—hewouldturnupofamorningquitesoberandwithadeepbowwouldaskthemtohelphim.Thegentlemenalwaysmadehimsitdown.

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