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Chapter 4

           Heaskedforasamovarandforhayforhishorses,andwhenhehadhadhisteahewenttobed.

           Allnightlongtroopsweremovingpasttheinn.NextmorningAlpátychdonnedajacketheworeonlyintownandwentoutonbusiness.Itwasasunnymorningandbyeighto’clockitwasalreadyhot.“Agooddayforharvesting,”thoughtAlpátych.

           Frombeyondthetownfiringhadbeenheardsinceearlymorning.Ateighto’clocktheboomingofcannonwasaddedtothesoundofmusketry.Manypeoplewerehurryingthroughthestreetsandthereweremanysoldiers,butcabswerestilldrivingabout,tradesmenstoodattheirshops,andservicewasbeingheldinthechurchesasusual.Alpátychwenttotheshops,togovernmentoffices,tothepostoffice,andtotheGovernor’s.Intheofficesandshopsandatthepostofficeeveryonewastalkingaboutthearmyandabouttheenemywhowasalreadyattackingthetown,everybodywasaskingwhatshouldbedone,andallweretryingtocalmoneanother.

           InfrontoftheGovernor’shouseAlpátychfoundalargenumberofpeople,Cossacks,andatravelingcarriageoftheGovernor’s.Attheporchhemettwoofthelandedgentry,oneofwhomheknew.Thisman,anex-captainofpolice,wassayingangrily:

           “It’snojoke,youknow!It’sallverywellifyou’resingle.‘Onemanthoughundoneisbutone,’astheproverbsays,butwiththirteeninyourfamilyandalltheproperty...They’vebroughtustoutterruin!Whatsortofgovernorsaretheytodothat?Theyoughttobehanged—thebrigands!...”

           “Ohcome,that’senough!”saidtheother.

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