Chapter 4

           

           Theoldcount,whohadalwayskeptupanenormoushuntingestablishmentbuthadnowhandeditallcompletelyovertohisson’scare,beinginverygoodspiritsonthisfifteenthofSeptember,preparedtogooutwiththeothers.

           Inanhour’stimethewholehuntingpartywasattheporch.Nicholas,withasternandseriousairwhichshowedthatnowwasnotimeforattendingtotrifles,wentpastNatáshaandPétyawhoweretryingtotellhimsomething.Hehadalookatallthedetailsofthehunt,sentapackofhoundsandhuntsmenonaheadtofindthequarry,mountedhischestnutDonéts,andwhistlingtohisownleashofborzois,setoffacrossthethreshinggroundtoafieldleadingtotheOtrádnoewood.Theoldcount’shorse,asorrelgeldingcalledViflyánka,wasledbythegroominattendanceonhim,whilethecounthimselfwastodriveinasmalltrapstraighttoaspotreservedforhim.

           Theyweretakingfifty-fourhounds,withsixhuntattendantsandwhippers-in.Besidesthefamily,therewereeightborzoikennelmenandmorethanfortyborzois,sothat,withtheborzoisontheleashbelongingtomembersofthefamily,therewereaboutahundredandthirtydogsandtwentyhorsemen.

           Eachdogknewitsmasteranditscall.Eachmaninthehuntknewhisbusiness,hisplace,whathehadtodo.Assoonastheyhadpassedthefencetheyallspreadoutevenlyandquietly,withoutnoiseortalk,alongtheroadandfieldleadingtotheOtrádnoecovert.

           Thehorsessteppedoverthefieldasoverathickcarpet,nowandthensplashingintopuddlesastheycrossedaroad.

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