Chapter 8

           

           Nextday,beforetheladieswereup,thewagonetteandatrapfortheshootingpartywereatthedoor,andLaska,awaresinceearlymorningthattheyweregoingshooting,aftermuchwhininganddartingtoandfro,hadsatherselfdowninthewagonettebesidethecoachman,and,disapprovingofthedelay,wasexcitedlywatchingthedoorfromwhichthesportsmenstilldidnotcomeout.ThefirsttocomeoutwasVassenkaVeslovsky,innewhighbootsthatreachedhalf-wayuphisthickthighs,inagreenblouse,withanewRussianleathercartridge-belt,andinhisScotchcapwithribbons,withabrand-newEnglishgunwithoutasling.Laskaflewuptohim,welcomedhim,andjumpingup,askedhiminherownwaywhethertheotherswerecomingsoon,butgettingnoanswerfromhim,shereturnedtoherpostofobservationandsankintoreposeagain,herheadononeside,andoneearprickeduptolisten.Atlastthedooropenedwithacreak,andStepanArkadyevitch’sspot-and-tanpointerKrakflewout,runningroundandroundandturningoverintheair.StepanArkadyevitchhimselffollowedwithaguninhishandandacigarinhismouth.

           “Gooddog,gooddog,Krak!”hecriedencouraginglytothedog,whoputhispawsuponhischest,catchingathisgamebag.StepanArkadyevitchwasdressedinroughleggingsandspats,intorntrousersandashortcoat.Onhisheadtherewasawreckofahatofindefiniteform,buthisgunofanewpatentwasaperfectgem,andhisgamebagandcartridgebelt,thoughworn,wereoftheverybestquality.

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