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Chapter 4

           

           Besidehimrodeanhussar,withaboyinatatteredFrenchuniformandbluecapbehindhimonthecrupperofhishorse.Theboyheldontothehussarwithcold,redhands,andraisinghiseyebrowsgazedabouthimwithsurprise.ThiswastheFrenchdrummerboycapturedthatmorning.

           Behindthemalongthenarrow,sodden,cutupforestroadcamehussarsinthreesandfours,andthenCossacks:someinfeltcloaks,someinFrenchgreatcoats,andsomewithhorseclothsovertheirheads.Thehorses,beingdrenchedbytherain,alllookedblackwhetherchestnutorbay.Theirnecks,withtheirwet,close-clingingmanes,lookedstrangelythin.Steamrosefromthem.Clothes,saddles,reins,wereallwet,slippery,andsodden,likethegroundandthefallenleavesthatstrewedtheroad.Themensathuddleduptryingnottostir,soastowarmthewaterthathadtrickledtotheirbodiesandnotadmitthefreshcoldwaterthatwasleakinginundertheirseats,theirknees,andatthebackoftheirnecks.InthemidstoftheoutspreadlineofCossackstwowagons,drawnbyFrenchhorsesandbysaddledCossackhorsesthathadbeenhitchedoninfront,rumbledoverthetreestumpsandbranchesandsplashedthroughthewaterthatlayintheruts.

           Denísov’shorseswervedasidetoavoidapoolinthetrackandbumpedhisrider’skneeagainstatree.

           “Oh,thedevil!”exclaimedDenísovangrily,andshowinghisteethhestruckhishorsethreetimeswithhiswhip,splashinghimselfandhiscomradeswithmud.

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