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Updated: May 9, 2025
I am so glad now you and I will be able to see something of one another. I have put up at the Cossack corporal's house. There is such a girl there. Ustenka! I tell you she's just charming. And more and more French and Russian words came pouring forth from that world which Olenin thought he had left for ever. The general opinion about Beletski was that he was a nice, good-natured fellow.
They are working furiously. Do you know what the pie is made of? Dough with a stuffing of pork and grapes. But that's not the point. You just look at the commotion out there! And really, on looking out of the window they saw an unusual bustle going on in the hut. Girls ran in and out, now for one thing and now for another. 'Will it soon be ready? cried Beletski. 'Very soon! Why?
And how can we manage quickest to give it and get away? 'How is it you don't know your own lodger? said Beletski, addressing Maryanka. 'How is one to know him if he never comes to see us? answered Maryanka, with a look at Olenin. Olenin felt frightened, he did not know of what. He flushed and, hardly knowing what he was saying, remarked: 'I'm afraid of your mother.
Is Grandad hungry? and from the hut came the sound of ringing laughter. Ustenka, plump, small, rosy, and pretty, with her sleeves turned up, ran into Beletski's hut to fetch some plates. 'Get away or I shall smash the plates! she squeaked, escaping from Beletski. 'You'd better come and help, she shouted to Olenin, laughing. 'And has Maryanka come? 'Of course! She brought some dough.
I cannot live like this any longer; to-morrow I will tell everything to her father, to Beletski, and to the whole village. Lukashka, after two sleepless nights, had drunk so much at the fete that for the first time in his life his feet would not carry him, and he slept in Yamka's house.
'Living here in this hole one must at least make a career get a cross or a rank be transferred to the Guards. That is quite indispensable, not for myself but for the sake of my relations and friends. The prince received me very well; he is a very decent fellow, said Beletski, and went on unceasingly. 'I have been recommended for the St. Anna Cross for the expedition.
Beletski stepped to the table somewhat solemnly yet with confidence and ease, drank a glass of wine to Ustenka's health, and invited the others to do the same. Ustenka announced that girls don't drink. 'We might with a little honey, exclaimed a voice from among the group of girls. The orderly, who had just returned with the honey and spice-cakes, was called in.
Though the delicate brows frowned, yet her eyes expressed pleasure and a knowledge of her own beauty. 'I say, Olenin, have you been up long? said Beletski as he entered the yard dressed in the coat of a Caucasian officer. 'Ah, Beletski, replied Olenin, holding out his hand. 'How is it you are out so early? 'I had to. I was driven out; we are having a ball tonight.
'Well, and the girls in the sarafans, did they make merry all by themselves? asked Beletski. 'Yes, they did! Sometimes Cossacks would come on foot or on horse and say, "Let's break up the khorovods," and they'd go, but the girls would take up cudgels. Carnival week, some young fellow would come galloping up, and they'd cudgel his horse and cudgel him too.
'Why did you kiss Beletski and won't kiss me? asked Olenin. 'Oh, just so. I don't want to, that's all! she answered, pouting and frowning. 'He's Grandad, she added with a smile. She went to the door and began to bang at it. 'Why have you locked the door, you devils? 'Well, let them be there and us here, said Olenin, drawing closer to her.
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