Pougatcheff looked at me in astonishment and made no reply. We both became silent, each being wrapped in his own thoughts. The Tartar began to hum a plaintive song. Savelitch, dozing, swayed from side to side. The kibitka glided along rapidly over the smooth frozen road.... Suddenly I caught sight of a little village on the steep bank of the Yaik, with its palisade and belfry, and about a quarter of an hour afterwards we entered the fortress of Bailogorsk.
[1] The picture of some saint, usually painted on wood. There is generally one of them hung in the corner of every room in the houses of the Russians.
[2] The name of a celebrated bandit of the last century, who for a long time offered resistance to the Imperial troops.
[3] For the purpose of torture.
[4] An engagement in which Pougatcheff had the advantage.
[5] The name given to Frederick the Great by the Russian soldiers.