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Chapter 16

           Theadjutanttoldthemthattheaffairwaslikelytotakeaverybadturn:thatacourt-martialhadbeenappointed,andthatinviewoftheseveritywithwhichmaraudingandinsubordinationwerenowregarded,degradationtotherankswouldbethebestthatcouldbehopedfor.

           Thecase,asrepresentedbytheoffendedparties,wasthat,afterseizingthetransports,MajorDenísov,beingdrunk,wenttothechiefquartermasterandwithoutanyprovocationcalledhimathief,threatenedtostrikehim,andonbeingledouthadrushedintotheofficeandgiventwoofficialsathrashing,anddislocatedthearmofoneofthem.

           InanswertoRostóv’srenewedquestions,Denísovsaid,laughing,thathethoughtherememberedthatsomeotherfellowhadgotmixedupinit,butthatitwasallnonsenseandrubbish,andhedidnotintheleastfearanykindoftrial,andthatifthosescoundrelsdaredattackhimhewouldgivethemananswerthattheywouldnoteasilyforget.

           Denísovspokecontemptuouslyofthewholematter,butRostóvknewhimtoowellnottodetectthat(whilehidingitfromothers)athearthefearedacourt-martialandwasworriedovertheaffair,whichwasevidentlytakingabadturn.Everyday,lettersofinquiryandnoticesfromthecourtarrived,andonthefirstofMay,Denísovwasorderedtohandthesquadronovertothenextinseniorityandappearbeforethestaffofhisdivisiontoexplainhisviolenceatthecommissariatoffice.OnthepreviousdayPlátovreconnoiteredwithtwoCossackregimentsandtwosquadronsofhussars

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