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Chapter 17

           

           Twotroykaswerestandingbeforetheporchandtwoyoungdriverswereholdingthehorses.Balagátookhisseatinthefrontoneandholdinghiselbowshigharrangedthereinsdeliberately.AnatoleandDólokhovgotinwithhim.Makárin,Khvóstikov,andavaletseatedthemselvesintheothersleigh.

           “Well,areyouready?”askedBalagá.

           “Go!”hecried,twistingthereinsroundhishands,andthetroykatoredowntheNikítskiBoulevard.

           “Tproo!Getoutoftheway!Hi!...Tproo!...”TheshoutingofBalagáandofthesturdyyoungfellowseatedontheboxwasallthatcouldbeheard.OntheArbátSquarethetroykacaughtagainstacarriage;somethingcracked,shoutswereheard,andthetroykaflewalongtheArbátStreet.

           AftertakingaturnalongthePodnovínskiBoulevard,Balagábegantoreinin,andturningbackdrewupatthecrossingoftheoldKonyúshenyStreet.

           TheyoungfellowontheboxjumpeddowntoholdthehorsesandAnatoleandDólokhovwentalongthepavement.WhentheyreachedthegateDólokhovwhistled.Thewhistlewasanswered,andamaidservantranout.

           “Comeintothecourtyardoryou’llbeseen;she’llcomeoutdirectly,”saidshe.

           Dólokhovstayedbythegate.Anatolefollowedthemaidintothecourtyard,turnedthecorner,andranupintotheporch.

           HewasmetbyGabriel,MáryaDmítrievna’sgiganticfootman.

           “Cometothemistress,please,”saidthefootmaninhisdeepbass,interceptinganyretreat.

           “TowhatMistress?Whoareyou?”askedAnatoleinabreathlesswhisper.

           “Kindlystepin,myordersaretobringyouin

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