Chapter 5

           

           Therainhadstopped,andonlythemistwasfallinganddropsfromthetrees.Denísov,theesaul,andPétyarodesilently,followingthepeasantintheknittedcapwho,steppinglightlywithoutturnedtoesandmovingnoiselesslyinhisbastshoesovertherootsandwetleaves,silentlyledthemtotheedgeoftheforest.

           Heascendedanincline,stopped,lookedabouthim,andadvancedtowherethescreenoftreeswaslessdense.Onreachingalargeoaktreethathadnotyetsheditsleaves,hestoppedandbeckonedmysteriouslytothemwithhishand.

           DenísovandPétyarodeuptohim.FromthespotwherethepeasantwasstandingtheycouldseetheFrench.Immediatelybeyondtheforest,onadownwardslope,layafieldofspringrye.Totheright,beyondasteepravine,wasasmallvillageandalandowner’shousewithabrokenroof.Inthevillage,inthehouse,inthegarden,bythewell,bythepond,overalltherisingground,andallalongtheroaduphillfromthebridgeleadingtothevillage,notmorethanfivehundredyardsaway,crowdsofmencouldbeseenthroughtheshimmeringmist.Theirun-Russianshoutingattheirhorseswhichwerestraininguphillwiththecarts,andtheircallstooneanother,couldbeclearlyheard.

           “Bwingtheprisonerhere,”saidDenísovinalowvoice,nottakinghiseyesofftheFrench.

           ACossackdismounted,liftedtheboydown,andtookhimtoDenísov.PointingtotheFrenchtroops,Denísovaskedhimwhattheseandthoseofthemwere.

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