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Chapter 2

           

           “Theymightcallahalthereorwe’llhavetodoanotherfourmileswithouteating.”

           “Wasn’titfinewhenthoseGermansgaveuslifts!Youjustsitstillandaredrawnalong.”

           “Andhere,friend,thepeoplearequitebeggarly.TheretheyallseemedtobePoles—allundertheRussiancrown—butherethey’reallregularGermans.”

           “Singerstothefront”camethecaptain’sorder.

           Andfromthedifferentrankssometwentymenrantothefront.Adrummer,theirleader,turnedroundfacingthesingers,andflourishinghisarm,beganalong-drawn-outsoldiers’song,commencingwiththewords:“Morningdawned,thesunwasrising,”andconcluding:“Onthen,brothers,ontoglory,ledbyFatherKámenski.”ThissonghadbeencomposedintheTurkishcampaignandnowbeingsunginAustria,theonlychangebeingthatthewords“FatherKámenski”werereplacedby“FatherKutúzov.”

           Havingjerkedouttheselastwordsassoldiersdoandwavedhisarmsasifflingingsomethingtotheground,thedrummer—alean,handsomesoldierofforty—lookedsternlyatthesingersandscreweduphiseyes.Thenhavingsatisfiedhimselfthatalleyeswerefixedonhim,heraisedbotharmsasifcarefullyliftingsomeinvisiblebutpreciousobjectabovehisheadand,holdingitthereforsomeseconds,suddenlyflungitdownandbegan:

           “Oh,mybower,oh,mybower...!”

           “Oh,mybowernew...

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