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"
Who
is
he
?
"
asked
Pétya
.
"
He
's
our
plastún
.
I
sent
him
to
capture
a
'
tongue
.
"'
"
Oh
,
yes
,
"
said
Pétya
,
nodding
at
the
first
words
Denísov
uttered
as
if
he
understood
it
all
,
though
he
really
did
not
understand
anything
of
it
.
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Tíkhon
Shcherbáty
was
one
of
the
most
indispensable
men
in
their
band
.
He
was
a
peasant
from
Pokróvsk
,
near
the
river
Gzhat
.
When
Denísov
had
come
to
Pokróvsk
at
the
beginning
of
his
operations
and
had
as
usual
summoned
the
village
elder
and
asked
him
what
he
knew
about
the
French
,
the
elder
,
as
though
shielding
himself
,
had
replied
,
as
all
village
elders
did
,
that
he
had
neither
seen
nor
heard
anything
of
them
.
But
when
Denísov
explained
that
his
purpose
was
to
kill
the
French
,
and
asked
if
no
French
had
strayed
that
way
,
the
elder
replied
that
some
"
more-orderers
"
had
really
been
at
their
village
,
but
that
Tíkhon
Shcherbáty
was
the
only
man
who
dealt
with
such
matters
.
Denísov
had
Tíkhon
called
and
,
having
praised
him
for
his
activity
,
said
a
few
words
in
the
elder
's
presence
about
loyalty
to
the
Tsar
and
the
country
and
the
hatred
of
the
French
that
all
sons
of
the
fatherland
should
cherish
.
"
We
do
n't
do
the
French
any
harm
,
"
said
Tíkhon
,
evidently
frightened
by
Denísov
's
words
.
"
We
only
fooled
about
with
the
lads
for
fun
,
you
know
!
We
killed
a
score
or
so
of
'
more-orderers
,
'
but
we
did
no
harm
else
...
"
Next
day
when
Denísov
had
left
Pokróvsk
,
having
quite
forgotten
about
this
peasant
,
it
was
reported
to
him
that
Tíkhon
had
attached
himself
to
their
party
and
asked
to
be
allowed
to
remain
with
it
.
Denísov
gave
orders
to
let
him
do
so
.
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Tíkhon
,
who
at
first
did
rough
work
,
laying
campfires
,
fetching
water
,
flaying
dead
horses
,
and
so
on
,
soon
showed
a
great
liking
and
aptitude
for
partisan
warfare
.
At
night
he
would
go
out
for
booty
and
always
brought
back
French
clothing
and
weapons
,
and
when
told
to
would
bring
in
French
captives
also
.
Denísov
then
relieved
him
from
drudgery
and
began
taking
him
with
him
when
he
went
out
on
expeditions
and
had
him
enrolled
among
the
Cossacks
.
Tíkhon
did
not
like
riding
,
and
always
went
on
foot
,
never
lagging
behind
the
cavalry
.
He
was
armed
with
a
musketoon
(
which
he
carried
rather
as
a
joke
)
,
a
pike
and
an
ax
,
which
latter
he
used
as
a
wolf
uses
its
teeth
,
with
equal
ease
picking
fleas
out
of
its
fur
or
crunching
thick
bones
.
Tíkhon
with
equal
accuracy
would
split
logs
with
blows
at
arm
's
length
,
or
holding
the
head
of
the
ax
would
cut
thin
little
pegs
or
carve
spoons
In
Denísov
's
party
he
held
a
peculiar
and
exceptional
position
.
When
anything
particularly
difficult
or
nasty
had
to
be
done
--
to
push
a
cart
out
of
the
mud
with
one
's
shoulders
,
pull
a
horse
out
of
a
swamp
by
its
tail
,
skin
it
,
slink
in
among
the
French
,
or
walk
more
than
thirty
miles
in
a
day
--
everybody
pointed
laughingly
at
Tíkhon
.