[20] da s.
[21] da chto vui.
XII.
My presumption was immediately confirmed. Captain Kraft called for some vodka, which he called corn-brandy,[22] and threw back his head, and made a terrible noise like a duck, in draining the glass.
"Well, gentlemen, we rolled about well to-day on the plains of the Chetchen," he began; but, catching sight of the officer of the day, he immediately stopped, to allow the major to give his directions.
"Well, you have made the tour of the lines?"
"I have."
"Are the pickets posted?"
"They are."