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Chapter 5

           DenísovhadTíkhoncalledand,havingpraisedhimforhisactivity,saidafewwordsintheelder’spresenceaboutloyaltytotheTsarandthecountryandthehatredoftheFrenchthatallsonsofthefatherlandshouldcherish.

           “Wedon’tdotheFrenchanyharm,”saidTíkhon,evidentlyfrightenedbyDenísov’swords.“Weonlyfooledaboutwiththeladsforfun,youknow!Wekilledascoreorsoof‘more-orderers,’butwedidnoharmelse....”

           NextdaywhenDenísovhadleftPokróvsk,havingquiteforgottenaboutthispeasant,itwasreportedtohimthatTíkhonhadattachedhimselftotheirpartyandaskedtobeallowedtoremainwithit.Denísovgaveorderstolethimdoso.

           Tíkhon,whoatfirstdidroughwork,layingcampfires,fetchingwater,flayingdeadhorses,andsoon,soonshowedagreatlikingandaptitudeforpartisanwarfare.AtnighthewouldgooutforbootyandalwaysbroughtbackFrenchclothingandweapons,andwhentoldtowouldbringinFrenchcaptivesalso.DenísovthenrelievedhimfromdrudgeryandbegantakinghimwithhimwhenhewentoutonexpeditionsandhadhimenrolledamongtheCossacks.

           Tíkhondidnotlikeriding,andalwayswentonfoot,neverlaggingbehindthecavalry.Hewasarmedwithamusketoon(whichhecarriedratherasajoke),apikeandanax,whichlatterheusedasawolfusesitsteeth,withequaleasepickingfleasoutofitsfurorcrunchingthickbones.Tíkhonwithequalaccuracywouldsplitlogswithblowsatarm’slength,orholdingtheheadoftheaxwouldcutthinlittlepegsorcarvespoons

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