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Chapter 12

           BythistimeArdalionAlexandrovitchwasquiteintoxicated,andhekepthiscompanionlisteningwhilehediscoursedeloquentlyandpatheticallyonsubjectsofallkinds,interspersedwithtorrentsofrecriminationagainstthemembersofhisfamily.Heinsistedthatallhistroubleswerecausedbytheirbadconduct,andtimealonewouldputanendtothem.

           AtlasttheyreachedtheLitaynaya.Thethawincreasedsteadily,awarm,unhealthywindblewthroughthestreets,vehiclessplashedthroughthemud,andtheironshoesofhorsesandmulesrangonthepavingstones.Crowdsofmelancholypeopleploddedwearilyalongthefootpaths,withhereandthereadrunkenmanamongthem.

           “Doyouseethosebrightly-lightedwindows?”saidthegeneral.“Manyofmyoldcomrades-in-armsliveabouthere,andI,whoservedlonger,andsufferedmorethananyofthem,amwalkingonfoottothehouseofawomanofratherquestionablereputation!Aman,lookyou,whohasthirteenbulletsonhisbreast!...Youdon’tbelieveit?Well,IcanassureyouitwasentirelyonmyaccountthatPirogofftelegraphedtoParis,andleftSebastopolatthegreatestriskduringthesiege.Nelaton,theTuileriessurgeon,demandedasafeconduct,inthenameofscience,intothebesiegedcityinordertoattendmywounds.Thegovernmentknowsallaboutit.‘That’stheIvolginwiththirteenbulletsinhim!’That’showtheyspeakofme....Doyouseethathouse,prince?Oneofmyoldfriendslivesonthefirstfloor,withhislargefamily.

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