Chapter 11

           

           Themenrapidlypickedouttheirhorsesinthesemidarkness,tightenedtheirsaddlegirths,andformedcompanies.Denísovstoodbythewatchman’shutgivingfinalorders.Theinfantryofthedetachmentpassedalongtheroadandquicklydisappearedamidthetreesinthemistofearlydawn,hundredsoffeetsplashingthroughthemud.Theesaulgavesomeorderstohismen.Pétyaheldhishorsebythebridle,impatientlyawaitingtheordertomount.Hisface,havingbeenbathedincoldwater,wasallaglow,andhiseyeswereparticularlybrilliant.Coldshiversrandownhisspineandhiswholebodypulsedrhythmically.

           “Well,isev’wythingweady?”askedDenísov.“Bwingthehorses.”

           Thehorseswerebrought.DenísovwasangrywiththeCossackbecausethesaddlegirthsweretooslack,reprovedhim,andmounted.Pétyaputhisfootinthestirrup.Hishorsebyhabitmadeasiftoniphisleg,butPétyaleapedquicklyintothesaddleunconsciousofhisownweightand,turningtolookatthehussarsstartinginthedarknessbehindhim,rodeuptoDenísov.

           “VasíliDmítrich,entrustmewithsomecommission!Please...forGod’ssake...!”saidhe.

           DenísovseemedtohaveforgottenPétya’sveryexistence.Heturnedtoglanceathim.

           “Iaskonethingofyou,”hesaidsternly,“toobeymeandnotshoveyourselfforwardanywhere.”

           HedidnotsayanotherwordtoPétyabutrodeinsilencealltheway.Whentheyhadcometotheedgeoftheforestitwasnoticeablygrowinglightoverthefield.DenísovtalkedinwhisperswiththeesaulandtheCossacksrodepastPétyaandDenísov.

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