The complete works of Count Tolstoy . •^WO HTTS^ . never served in the cavalry, but li a most modest yunker in the Br ^had left the army just as he liiu.;ut as reg;: Y ver be able toand, thrust bass voice Q I under T -e, and T fie c UT., to live in tl ;om with tsa A Don Cossack rhotogravure from Painting by Edouard Detaiik. TWO HUSSARS 111 pose now, it occurred to him, he will suddenly take andundress me and carry me naked beyond the toll-gate todrop me in the snow, or — he will tar me, or simply —no, he will not do it, as a friend — he consoled himself. Sashka, feed Bliicher! shouted th
The complete works of Count Tolstoy . •^WO HTTS^ . never served in the cavalry, but li a most modest yunker in the Br ^had left the army just as he liiu.;ut as reg;: Y ver be able toand, thrust bass voice Q I under T -e, and T fie c UT., to live in tl ;om with tsa A Don Cossack rhotogravure from Painting by Edouard Detaiik. TWO HUSSARS 111 pose now, it occurred to him, he will suddenly take andundress me and carry me naked beyond the toll-gate todrop me in the snow, or — he will tar me, or simply —no, he will not do it, as a friend — he consoled himself. Sashka, feed Bliicher! shouted the count. Sashka made his appearance. He had braced himselffrom the journey with a glass of brandy and was quiteintoxicated. You could not stand it any longer, and got drunk, youcanaille ! Feed Bliicher! He wont starve as it is! How smooth he is!replied Sashka, patting the dog. Shut up ! Get out and feed him ! All you care for is for the dog to be fed; but if a mantakes a dram, you berate him. Look out, Ill thrash you! shouted the hussar insuch a voice that the window-panes rattled and the cav-alryman became a little frightened. You ought to ask whether Sashka has had anythingto eat to-day. All right, strike me, if your dog is more toyou than a man, Sashka muttered, and at the same timereceived such a terrible blow w
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