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While Denisov was talking to the esaul, Petya — abashed by

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Denisov talked in whispers with the esaul and the Cossacks rode past Petya and Denisov.

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“Yes, we saw from the hill how you took to your heels through the puddles!” said the esaul, screwing up his glittering eyes.

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And Denisov told the esaul that the dispatch just delivered was

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Denisov was a hero, the esaul a hero, and Tikhon a hero too, and that it would be shameful for him to leave them at a moment of difficulty.

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The esaul, screwing up his light-colored eyes, nodded approvingly.

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The esaul looked in the direction Denisov indicated.

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It was already growing dusk when Denisov, Petya, and the esaul rode up to the watchhouse.

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Denisov, the esaul, and Petya rode silently, following the peasant in the knitted cap who, stepping lightly with outturned toes and moving noiselessly in his bast shoes over the roots and wet leaves, silently led them to the edge of the forest.

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Denisov, Petya, and the esaul, accompanied by some Cossacks and the hussar who had the prisoner, rode to the left across a ravine to the edge of the forest.

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