Chapter 11

           

           WhenLevinandStepanArkadyevitchreachedthepeasant’shutwhereLevinalwaysusedtostay,Veslovskywasalreadythere.Hewassittinginthemiddleofthehut,clingingwithbothhandstothebenchfromwhichhewasbeingpulledbyasoldier,thebrotherofthepeasant’swife,whowashelpinghimoffwithhismiryboots.Veslovskywaslaughinghisinfectious,good-humoredlaugh.

           “I’veonlyjustcome.Ilsontétécharmants.Justfancy,theygavemedrink,fedme!Suchbread,itwasexquisite!Délicieux!Andthevodka,Inevertastedanybetter.Andtheywouldnottakeapennyforanything.Andtheykeptsaying:‘Excuseourhomelyways.’”

           “Whatshouldtheytakeanythingfor?Theywereentertainingyou,tobesure.Doyousupposetheykeepvodkaforsale?”saidthesoldier,succeedingatlastinpullingthesoakedbootofftheblackenedstocking.

           Inspiteofthedirtinessofthehut,whichwasallmuddiedbytheirbootsandthefilthydogslickingthemselvesclean,andthesmellofmarshmudandpowderthatfilledtheroom,andtheabsenceofknivesandforks,thepartydranktheirteaandatetheirsupperwitharelishonlyknowntosportsmen.Washedandclean,theywentintoahay-barnsweptreadyforthem,wherethecoachmanhadbeenmakingupbedsforthegentlemen.

           Thoughitwasdusk,notoneofthemwantedtogotosleep.

           Afterwaveringamongreminiscencesandanecdotesofguns,ofdogs,andofformershootingparties,theconversationrestedonatopicthatinterestedallofthem.

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