Bingus token11/6/2022 ![]() ![]() The convoy soldiers shouted and pushed the prisoners whocomplied obediently, but angrily and counted them over again.When all had been counted, the convoy officer gave a command, andthe crowd became agitated. High up on one ofthe carts sat a woman closely wrapped up, and she kept shriekingand sobbing. After them,on the carts loaded with sacks, came the weak. The soldiers went in front then came the convicts condemned to hard labour, clattering withtheir chains then the exiled and those exiled by the Communes,chained in couples by their wrists then the women. The soldiers' guns gave a click the prisoners took off their caps and crossed themselves, thosewho were seeing them off shouted something, the prisoners shoutedin answer, a row arose among the women, and the gang, surroundedby the soldiers in their white blouses, moved forward, raisingthe dust with their chained feet. Row upon row they passed, those strange andterriblelooking creatures, none of whom Nekhludoff knew. The prisoners were walkingquickly, and the slowgoing isvostchik's horse was some time incatching them up. It was very hot, and a cloud of dust that was raised by athousand tramping feet stood all the time over the gang that wasmoving down. He could not manage toget up on the cart because of the chains that prevented hislifting his old legs, and a woman who was sitting in the cart atlast pulled him in by the arm. Only one of themen was granted his requestan old man with chains on his legs and Nekhludoff saw the old man take off his pancakeshaped cap,and go up to the cart crossing himself. You'll getthere on foot right enough," shouted the officer. I will give you a lift such that you'll remember. NOT MEN BUT STRANGE AND TERRIBLE CREATURES? ![]() Federoff tossed his head backwards as a sign that he hadrecognised Nekhludoff, Okhotin winked, but neither of them bowed,considering it not the thing. Almost all the prisoners turnedand looked at the trap that was passing them and at the gentlemaninside. ![]() This impression passed when herecognised in the crowd of convicts the murderer Federoff, andamong the exiles Okhotin the wit, and another tramp who hadappealed to him for assistance. Bingus token free#On they went, all dressed alike, moving a thousand feet all shodalike, swinging their free arms as if to keep up their spirits.There were so many of them, they all looked so much alike, andthey were all placed in such unusual, peculiar circumstances,that they seemed to Nekhludoff to be not men but some sort ofstrange and terrible creatures. The fourth inthe row was a young, lovely woman who was walking along briskly,dressed in a short cloak, her kerchief tied in peasant fashion.This was Theodosia. The third was Maslova shewas carrying her sack on her shoulder, and looking straightbefore her. The next was a pregnant woman, whodragged herself along with difficulty. ![]() The first in the row was a shortlegged,blackeyed, hideous woman, who had her cloak tucked up in hergirdle. When all the sacks were in the carts, and those who were allowedto get in were seated, the officer took off his cap, wiped hisforehead, his bald head and fat, red neck, and crossed himself.Īs soon as Nekhludoff came up to the women he saw Maslova shewas in the second row. When the last of the carts moved,Nekhludoff got into the trap that stood waiting for him and toldthe isvostchik to catch up the prisoners in front, so that hecould see if he knew any of the men in the gang, and then try andfind out Maslova among the women and ask her if she had receivedthe things he sent. The procession was such a long one that the carts with theluggage and the weak started only when those in front werealready out of sight. Nekhludoff got down and approached the women, meaning to askMaslova if she had got the things he had sent her, and how shewas feeling, but the convoy sergeant, who was walking on thatside, noticed him at once, and ran towards him. The father was angrily scolding the coachman because he had notpassed in front of the gang when he had a chance, and the motherfrowned and half closed her eyes with a look of disgust,shielding herself from the dust and the sun with her silksunshade, which she held close to her face. Don't lag behind march" he shouted to the convicts, and putting on a brisk air,he ran back to his place at a trot, in spite of the heat and theelegant new boots on his feet. But when he recognised Nekhludoff every one in the prison knewNekhludoff the sergeant raised his fingers to his cap, and,stopping in front of Nekhludoff, said: "Not now wait till we getto the railway station here it is not allowed. ![]()
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