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Chapter 14

           AndthenearerhedrewtoitthemoreAlpátychfeltthatthisunreasonableactionmightproducegoodresults.ThepeasantsinthecrowdweresimilarlyimpressedwhentheysawRostóv’srapid,firmstepsandresolute,frowningface.

           AfterthehussarshadcometothevillageandRostóvhadgonetoseetheprincess,acertainconfusionanddissensionhadarisenamongthecrowd.SomeofthepeasantssaidthatthesenewarrivalswereRussiansandmighttakeitamissthatthemistresswasbeingdetained.Dronwasofthisopinion,butassoonasheexpresseditKarpandothersattackedtheirex-Elder.

           “Howmanyyearshaveyoubeenfatteningonthecommune?”Karpshoutedathim.“It’sallonetoyou!You’lldigupyourpotofmoneyandtakeitawaywithyou....Whatdoesitmattertoyouwhetherourhomesareruinedornot?”

           “We’vebeentoldtokeeporder,andthatnooneistoleavetheirhomesortakeawayasinglegrain,andthat’sallaboutit!”criedanother.

           “Itwasyourson’sturntobeconscripted,butnofear!Youbegrudgedyourlumpofason,”alittleoldmansuddenlybeganattackingDron—“andsotheytookmyVánkatobeshavedforasoldier!Butweallhavetodie.”

           “Tobesure,weallhavetodie.I’mnotagainstthecommune,”saidDron.

           “That’sit—notagainstit!You’vefilledyourbelly....”

           Thetwotallpeasantshadtheirsay.AssoonasRostóv,followedbyIlyín,Lavrúshka,andAlpátych,cameuptothecrowd,Karp,thrustinghisfingersintohisbeltandsmilingalittle,walkedtothefront.

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