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Chapter 9

           

           Alpátych,whohadreachedBoguchárovoshortlybeforetheoldprince’sdeath,noticedanagitationamongthepeasants,andthatcontrarytowhatwashappeningintheBaldHillsdistrict,whereoveraradiusoffortymilesallthepeasantsweremovingawayandleavingtheirvillagestobedevastatedbytheCossacks,thepeasantsinthestepperegionroundBoguchárovowere,itwasrumored,intouchwiththeFrench,receivedleafletsfromthemthatpassedfromhandtohand,anddidnotmigrate.HelearnedfromdomesticserfsloyaltohimthatthepeasantKarp,whopossessedgreatinfluenceinthevillagecommuneandhadrecentlybeenawaydrivingagovernmenttransport,hadreturnedwithnewsthattheCossacksweredestroyingdesertedvillages,butthattheFrenchdidnotharmthem.AlpátychalsoknewthatonthepreviousdayanotherpeasanthadevenbroughtfromthevillageofVisloúkhovo,whichwasoccupiedbytheFrench,aproclamationbyaFrenchgeneralthatnoharmwouldbedonetotheinhabitants,andiftheyremainedtheywouldbepaidforanythingtakenfromthem.AsproofofthisthepeasanthadbroughtfromVisloúkhovoahundredrublesinnotes(hedidnotknowthattheywerefalse)paidtohiminadvanceforhay.

           Moreimportantstill,AlpátychlearnedthatonthemorningoftheverydayhegavethevillageElderorderstocollectcartstomovetheprincess’luggagefromBoguchárovo,therehadbeenavillagemeetingatwhichithadbeendecidednottomovebuttowait.Yettherewasnotimetowaste.

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