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"Your promised bride! Why did you not tellListen, Field-marshal," said he "We are old friends, his lordship and I Lets us go to supper Tos wisdoladly have excused myself froirls covered the table with a white cloth, and brought bread, soup made of fish, and pitchers of wine and beer Thus, for the second tiatcheff and his terrible coht Drunkenness at last triuatcheff fell asleep in his place, and his coned to me to leave him I went out with them The sentry locked me up in a dark hole, where I found Saveliitch He was so surprised by all that he saw and heard, that he asked no questions Lying in darkness, he soon fell asleep

The next atcheff sent for me Before his door stood a kibitka, with three horses abreast The street was crowded Pougatcheff, whom I met in the entry of his hut, was dressed for a journey, in a pelisse and Kirghis cap His guests of the previous night surrounded hily hat I had seen on the preceding evening Pougatcheff bade aily, and ordered me to sit beside him in the kibitka We took our places

"To the fortress of Belogorsk," said Pougatcheff to the robust Tartar, who, standing, drove his horses My heart beat violently The Tartar horses shot off, the bells tinkled, the kibitka flew over the snow

"Stop! stop!" cried a voice I knew too well "O Peter! do not abandon e, in the atcheff, "sit up there in front"

"Thanks, Czar, ain The people in the streets stopped and bowed low, as the usurper passed Pougatcheff saluted right and left In an instant ere out of the town, taking our way over a well-defined road I was silent Pougatcheff broke in upon my reverie "Why so silent, my lord?" said he

"I can not help thinking," said I, "of the chain of events I am an officer, noble, yesterday at ith you; today I ride in the sae with you, and all the happiness of my life depends on you"

"Are you afraid?"