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Chapter 12

           

           ThetwoPávlogradsquadronswerebivouackingonafieldofrye,whichwasalreadyinearbuthadbeencompletelytroddendownbycattleandhorses.Therainwasdescendingintorrents,andRostóv,withayoungofficernamedIlyín,hisprotégé,wassittinginahastilyconstructedshelter.Anofficeroftheirregiment,withlongmustachesextendingontohischeeks,whoafterridingtothestaffhadbeenovertakenbytherain,enteredRostóv’sshelter.

           “Ihavecomefromthestaff,Count.HaveyouheardofRaévski’sexploit?”

           AndtheofficergavethemdetailsoftheSaltánovbattle,whichhehadheardatthestaff.

           Rostóv,smokinghispipeandturninghisheadaboutasthewatertrickleddownhisneck,listenedinattentively,withanoccasionalglanceatIlyín,whowaspressingclosetohim.Thisofficer,aladofsixteenwhohadrecentlyjoinedtheregiment,wasnowinthesamerelationtoNicholasthatNicholashadbeentoDenísovsevenyearsbefore.IlyíntriedtoimitateRostóvineverythingandadoredhimasagirlmighthavedone.

           Zdrzhinski,theofficerwiththelongmustache,spokegrandiloquentlyoftheSaltánovdambeing“aRussianThermopylae,”andofhowadeedworthyofantiquityhadbeenperformedbyGeneralRaévski.HerecountedhowRaévskihadledhistwosonsontothedamunderterrificfireandhadchargedwiththembesidehim.RostóvheardthestoryandnotonlysaidnothingtoencourageZdrzhinski’senthusiasmbut,onthecontrary,lookedlikeamanashamedofwhathewashearing,thoughwithnointentionofcontradictingit.

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