吻英文短篇小说.docx
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吻英文短篇小说
吻英文短篇小说
AteightoclockontheeveningofthetwentiethofMayallthesixbatteriesoftheN----ReserveArtilleryBrigadehaltedforthenightinthevillageofMyestetchkiontheirwaytocamp.Whenthegeneralcommotionwasatitsheight,whilesomeofficerswerebusilyoccupiedaroundtheguns,whileothers,gatheredtogetherinthesquarenearthechurchenclosure,werelisteningtothequartermasters,amaninciviliandress,ridingastrangehorse,cameintosightroundthechurch.Thelittledun-colouredhorsewithagoodneckandashorttailcame,movingnotstraightforward,butasitweresideways,withasortofdancestep,asthoughitwerebeinglashedaboutthelegs.Whenhereachedtheofficersthemanonthehorsetookoffhishatandsaid:
HisExcellencyLieutenant-GeneralvonRabbekinvitesthegentlementodrinkteawithhimthisminute.
Thehorseturned,danced,andretiredsideways;themessengerraisedhishatoncemore,andinaninstantdisappearedwithhisstrangehorsebehindthechurch.
Whatthedevildoesitmean?
grumbledsomeoftheofficers,dispersingtotheirquarters.Oneissleepy,andherethisVonRabbekwithhistea!
Weknowwhatteameans.
Theofficersofallthesixbatteriesrememberedvividlyanincidentofthepreviousyear,whenduringmanoeuvresthey,togetherwiththeofficersofaCossackregiment,wereinthesamewayinvitedtoteabyacountwhohadanestateintheneighbourhoodandwasaretiredarmyofficer:
thehospitableandgenialcountmademuchofthem,fedthem,andgavethemdrink,refusedtoletthemgototheirquartersinthevillageandmadethemstaythenight.Allthat,ofcourse,wasverynice--nothingbettercouldbedesired,buttheworstofitwas,theoldarmyofficerwassocarriedawaybythepleasureoftheyoungmenscompanythattillsunrisehewastellingtheofficersanecdotesofhisgloriouspast,takingthemoverthehouse,showingthemexpensivepictures,oldengravings,rareguns,readingthemautographlettersfromgreatpeople,whilethewearyandexhaustedofficerslookedandlistened,longingfortheirbedsandyawningintheirsleeves;whenatlasttheirhostletthemgo,itwastoolateforsleep.
MightnotthisVonRabbekbejustsuchanother?
Whetherhewereornot,therewasnohelpforit.Theofficerschangedtheiruniforms,brushedthemselves,andwentalltogetherinsearchofthegentlemanshouse.InthesquarebythechurchtheyweretoldtheycouldgettoHisExcellencysbythelowerpath--goingdownbehindthechurchtotheriver,goingalongthebanktothegarden,andthereanavenuewouldtakenthemtothehouse;orbytheupperway--straightfromthechurchbytheroadwhich,halfamilefromthevillage,ledrightuptoHisExcellencysgranaries.Theofficersdecidedtogobytheupperway.
WhatVonRabbekisit?
theywonderedontheway.SurelynottheonewhowasincommandoftheN----cavalrydivisionatPlevna?
No,thatwasnotVonRabbek,butsimplyRabbeandnovon.
Whatlovelyweather!
Atthefirstofthegranariestheroaddividedintwo:
onebranchwentstraightonandvanishedintheeveningdarkness,theotherledtotheownershouseontheright.Theofficersturnedtotherightandbegantospeakmoresoftly.Onbothsidesoftheroadstretchedstonegranarieswithredroofs,heavyandsullen-looking,verymuchlikebarracksofadistricttown.Aheadofthemgleamedthewindowsofthemanor-house.
Agoodomen,gentlemen,saidoneoftheofficers.Oursetteristheforemostofall;nodoubthescentsgameaheadofus.
LieutenantLobytko,whowaswalkinginfront,atallandstalwartfellow,thoughentirelywithoutmoustache(hewasoverfive-and-twenty,yetforsomereasontherewasnosignofhaironhisround,well-fedface),renownedinthebrigadeforhispeculiarfacultyfordiviningthepresenceofwomenatadistance,turnedroundandsaid:
Yes,theremustbewomenhere;Ifeelthatbyinstinct.
OnthethresholdtheofficersweremetbyVonRabbekhimself,acomely-lookingmanofsixtyinciviliandress.Shakinghandswithhisguests,hesaidthathewasverygladandhappytoseethem,butbeggedthemearnestlyforGodssaketoexcusehimfornotaskingthemtostaythenight;twosisterswiththeirchildren,somebrothers,andsomeneighbours,hadcomeonavisittohim,sothathehadnotonespareroomleft.
TheGeneralshookhandswitheveryone,madehisapologies,andsmiled,butitwasevidentbyhisfacethathewasbynomeanssodelightedastheirlastyearscount,andthathehadinvitedtheofficerssimplybecause,inhisopinion,itwasasocialobligationtodoso.Andtheofficersthemselves,astheywalkedupthesoftlycarpetedstairs,astheylistenedtohim,feltthattheyhadbeeninvitedtothishousesimplybecauseitwouldhavebeenawkwardnottoinvitethem;andatthesightofthefootmen,whohastenedtolight
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