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Hadji Murad

By: Louise and Aylmer Maude

...orn- ing, the detachment spread over the maize fields and the meadows, the singers of each company came for- ward and songs filled the air. “Verry ... ... “Verry diff’rent, very diff’rent, Fagers are, Fagers are!” sang Butler’ s singers, and his horse stepped merrily to the music. Trezorka, the shaggy g... ...al those in residence gave the new-comers a dinner at which the regimental singers performed and which ended up with a drinking bout. Major Petrov, ve... ... horses drew their feet out of the sticky mud into which they sank, with a pop like that of a cork drawn from a bottle, and stopped, panting, after ev... ...h sleeves. Burka A long round felt cape. Dzhigit The same as a brave among American Indians, butthe word is inseparably con- nected with the idea of s...

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