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Chapter 16

           

           “Sitdown;nonsense!Haveadrink!”saidAnatole,andfilledalargeglassofMadeiraforhim.

           Thedriver’seyessparkledatthesightofthewine.Afterrefusingitformanners’sake,hedrankitandwipedhismouthwitharedsilkhandkerchiefhetookoutofhiscap.

           “Andwhenarewetostart,yourexcellency?”

           “Well...”Anatolelookedathiswatch.“We’llstartatonce.Mind,Balagá!You’llgetthereintime?Eh?”

           “Thatdependsonourluckinstarting,elsewhyshouldn’twebethereintime?”repliedBalagá.“Didn’twegetyoutoTverinsevenhours?Ithinkyourememberthat,yourexcellency?”

           “Doyouknow,oneChristmasIdrovefromTver,”saidAnatole,smilinglyattherecollectionandturningtoMakárinwhogazedrapturouslyathimwithwide-openeyes.“Willyoubelieveit,Makárka,ittookone’sbreathaway,therateweflew.Wecameacrossatrainofloadedsleighsanddroverightovertwoofthem.Eh?”

           “Thosewerehorses!”Balagácontinuedthetale.“ThattimeI’dharnessedtwoyoungsidehorseswiththebayintheshafts,”hewenton,turningtoDólokhov.“Willyoubelieveit,TheodoreIványch,thoseanimalsflewfortymiles?Icouldn’tholdthemin,myhandsgrewnumbinthesharpfrostsothatIthrewdownthereins—‘Catchholdyourself,yourexcellency!’saysI,andIjusttumbledonthebottomofthesleighandsprawledthere.Itwasn’tacaseofurgingthemon,therewasnoholdingthemintillwereachedtheplace.Thedevilstookusthereinthreehours!Onlythenearonediedofit.”

           

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