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The streets became more lively and wore quite another aspect. Often from their little houses the inhabitants would see a tall and well made officer with a plumed hat pass by, on his way to the quarters of one of his comrades to discuss the chances of promotion or the qualities of a new tobacco, or perhaps to risk at play his carriage, which might indeed be called the carriage of all the regiment, since it belonged in turn to every one of them. THE STREETS BECAME MORE LIVELY AND WORE QUITE ANOTHER ASPECT OFTEN FROM THEIR LITTLE HOUSES THE INHABITANTS WOULD SEE A TALL AND WELL MADE OFFICER WITH A HOOPLUMED HAT PASS BY ON HIS WAY TO THE QUARTERS OF ONE OF HIS COMRADES TO DISCUSS THE CHANCES OF PROMOTION OR THE QUALITIES OF A NEW TOBACCO OR PERHAPS TO RISK OF PLAYING HIS CARRIAGE WHICH MIGHT INDEED BE CALLED THE CARRIAGE OF ALL THE REGIMENT SINCE IT BELONGED IN TURN TO EVERY ONE OF THEM
ur, and whipping up his bay mare with her colt trotting by her side. The aspect of the marketplace is mournful enough. The tailor’s house sticks out very stupidly, not squarely to the front but sideways. Facing it is a brick house with two windows, unfinished for fifteen years past, and further on a large wooden market-stall standing by itself and painted mud-colour. This stall, which was to serve as a model, was built by the chief of police in the time of his youth, before he got into the habit of falling asleep directly after dinner, and of drinking a kind of decoction of dried goose-berries every evening. All around the rest of the market-place are nothing but palings. But in the centre are some little sheds where a packet of round cakes, a stout woman in a red dress, a bar of soap, some pounds of bitter almonds, some lead, some cotton, and two shopmen playing at “svaika,” a game resembling quoits, are always to be seen. But on the arrival of the cavalry regiment everything changed. ART SURROUNDED BY SACKS OF FLOUR AND WHIPPING UP HIS BAY MARE WITH HER COLT TROTTING BY HER SIDE THE ASPECT OF THE MARKET PLACE IS MOURNFUL ENOUGH THE TAILOR'S HOUSE STICKS OUT VERY STUPIDLY NOT SQUARELY TO THE FRONT BUT SIDEWAYS FACING IT IS A BRICK HOUSE WITH TWO WINDOWS UNFINISHED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS PAST AND FURTHER ON A LARGE WOODEN MARKET STALL STANDING BY ITSELF AND PAINTED MUD COLOUR THIS STALL WHICH WAS TO SERVE AS A MODEL WAS BUILT BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN THE TIME OF HIS YOUTH BEFORE HE GOT INTO THE HABIT OF FALLING ASLEEP DIRECTLY AFTER DINNER AND OF DRINKING A KIND OF DECOCTION OF DRIED GOOSEBERRIES EVERY EVENING ALL AROUND THE REST OF THE MARKET PLACE ARE NOTHING BUT PALINGS BUT IN THE CENTRE ARE SOME LITTLE SHEDS WHERE A PACKET OF ROUND CAKES A STOUT WOMAN IN A RED DRESS A BAR OF SOAP SOME POUNDS OF BITTER ALMONDS SOME LEAD SOME COTTON AND TWO SHOPMEN PLAYING AT SPYKER A GAME RESEMBLING QUOITS ARE ALWAYS TO BE SEEN BUT ON ARRIVAL OF THE CAVALRY REGIMENT EVERYTHING CHANGED
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