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'I will drive my wife out for the occasion, continued Yermolai 'Upon my word, I will. 'You had better wake the gentleman, Yermolai Petrovitch; you see, the potatoes are done. 'Oh, let him snore, observed my faithful servant indifferently; 'he's tired with walking, so he sleeps sound. I turned over in the hay. Yermolai got up and came to me.
Vladimir, to Yermolai's great satisfaction, did not shoot at all well; he seemed surprised after each unsuccessful shot, looked at his gun and blew down it, seemed puzzled, and at last explained to us the reason why he had missed his aim. Yermolai, as always, shot triumphantly; I rather badly, after my custom.
I will go with you; my pole is there or else one can use a wooden spade. 'With a spade it won't be easy; you won't touch the bottom perhaps in some places, said Vladimir. 'It's true; it won't be easy. I sat down on a tomb-stone to wait for Yermolai. Vladimir moved a little to one side out of respect to me, and also sat down.
'Its boards are split apart, and the rivets have come off the cracks. 'That's no great disaster! interposed Yermolai; 'we can stuff them up with tow. 'Of course you can, Sutchok assented. 'And who are you? 'I am the fisherman of the manor. 'How is it, when you're a fisherman, your boat is in such bad condition? 'There are no fish in our river.
'Well, we'll take a look round; we can't spend the night here, he answered. 'Here, you, take my gun, he said to Vladimir. Vladimir obeyed submissively. 'I will go and find the ford, continued Yermolai, as though there must infallibly be a ford in every pond: he took the pole from Sutchok, and went off in the direction of the bank, warily sounding the depth as he walked.
'Savely Alexyevitch. 'Who is that? I did not know what reply to make to her question. 'Arina! cried the miller from a distance. She got up and walked away. 'Is her husband a good fellow? I asked Yermolai. 'So-so. 'Have they any children? 'There was one, but it died. 'How was it? Did the miller take a liking to her? Did he give much to buy her freedom? 'I don't know.
It was to just this calamity that Yermolai and I were exposed on one of our expeditions after grouse in the Byelevsky district. The rain never ceased from early morning. What didn't we do to escape it?
Yermolai was a very strange kind of man; heedless as a bird, rather fond of talking, awkward and vacant-looking; he was excessively fond of drink, and never could sit still long; in walking he shambled along, and rolled from side to side; and yet he got over fifty miles in the day with his rolling, shambling gait.
At the rear end, which was flattened and straight, stood Sutchok, punting; I sat with Vladimir on the planks laid across the boat, and Yermolai ensconced himself in front, in the very beak. In spite of the tow, the water soon made its appearance under our feet. Fortunately, the weather was calm and the pond seemed slumbering. We floated along rather slowly.
'Let us go to Lgov, Yermolai, whom the reader knows already, said to me one day; 'there we can shoot ducks to our heart's content. Lgov is a large village of the steppes, with a very old stone church with a single cupola, and two mills on the swampy little river Rossota.
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