Chapter 7

           

           Pétya,havinglefthispeopleaftertheirdeparturefromMoscow,joinedhisregimentandwassoontakenasorderlybyageneralcommandingalargeguerrilladetachment.Fromthetimehereceivedhiscommission,andespeciallysincehehadjoinedtheactivearmyandtakenpartinthebattleofVyázma,Pétyahadbeeninaconstantstateofblissfulexcitementatbeinggrown-upandinaperpetualecstatichurrynottomissanychancetodosomethingreallyheroic.Hewashighlydelightedwithwhathesawandexperiencedinthearmy,butatthesametimeitalwaysseemedtohimthatthereallyheroicexploitswerebeingperformedjustwherehedidnothappentobe.Andhewasalwaysinahurrytogetwherehewasnot.

           Whenonthetwenty-firstofOctoberhisgeneralexpressedawishtosendsomebodytoDenísov’sdetachment,Pétyabeggedsopiteouslytobesentthatthegeneralcouldnotrefuse.ButwhendispatchinghimherecalledPétya’smadactionatthebattleofVyázma,whereinsteadofridingbytheroadtotheplacetowhichhehadbeensent,hehadgallopedtotheadvancedlineunderthefireoftheFrenchandhadtheretwicefiredhispistol.SonowthegeneralexplicitlyforbadehistakingpartinanyactionwhateverofDenísov’s.ThatwaswhyPétyahadblushedandgrownconfusedwhenDenísovaskedhimwhetherhecouldstay.BeforetheyhadriddentotheoutskirtsoftheforestPétyahadconsideredhemustcarryouthisinstructionsstrictlyandreturnatonce.

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