The Captain's Daughter 9. Chapter XIII - Uninvited Guest

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

Captain's daughter

Take care of your honor from a young age.

Proverb

CHAPTER I. SERGEANT OF THE GUARD.

If only he were a guard captain tomorrow.

This is not necessary; let him serve in the army.

Well said! let him push...

Who's his father?

Knyazhnin.

My father Andrei Petrovich Grinev in his youth served under Count Minich, and retired as prime minister in 17.. Since then, he lived in his Simbirsk village, where he married the girl Avdotya Vasilyevna Yu., the daughter of a poor nobleman there. There were nine of us children. All my brothers and sisters died in infancy.

Mother was still pregnant with me, as I had already been enlisted in the Semenovsky regiment as a sergeant, by the grace of Major of the Guard Prince B., a close relative of ours. If, beyond all hope, mother had given birth to a daughter, then the priest would have announced the death of the sergeant who had not appeared, and that would have been the end of the matter. I was considered on leave until I finished my studies. At that time, we were not brought up like today. From the age of five I was given into the hands of the eager Savelich, who was granted my uncle status for his sober behavior. Under his supervision, in my twelfth year, I learned Russian literacy and could very sensibly judge the properties of a greyhound dog. At this time, the priest hired a Frenchman for me, Monsieur Beaupré, who was discharged from Moscow along with a year's supply of wine and Provençal oil. Savelich did not like his arrival very much. “Thank God,” he grumbled to himself, “it seems the child is washed, combed, and fed. Where should we spend the extra money, and hire monsieur, as if our people were gone!”

Beaupré was a hairdresser in his homeland, then a soldier in Prussia, then he came to Russia pour Étre outchitel, not really understanding the meaning of this word. He was a kind fellow, but flighty and dissolute to the extreme. His main weakness was his passion for the fair sex; Not infrequently, for his tenderness, he received pushes, from which he groaned for whole days. Moreover, he was not (as he put it) an enemy of the bottle, that is, (speaking in Russian) he loved to drink too much. But since we served wine only at dinner, and then only in small glasses, and the teachers usually carried it around, my Beaupre very soon got used to the Russian liqueur, and even began to prefer it to the wines of his fatherland, as it was much healthier for the stomach. We hit it off immediately, and although according to the contract he was obliged to teach me French, German and all sciences, he preferred to quickly learn from me how to chat in Russian - and then each of us went about our own business. We lived in perfect harmony. I didn't want any other mentor. But soon fate separated us, and for this reason:

The washerwoman Palashka, a fat and pockmarked girl, and the crooked cowwoman Akulka somehow agreed at the same time to throw themselves at mother’s feet, blaming themselves for their criminal weakness and complaining with tears about the monsieur who had seduced their inexperience. Mother didn’t like to joke about this, and complained to the priest. His reprisal was short. He immediately demanded the Frenchman's channel. They reported that Monsieur was giving me his lesson. Father went to my room. At this time, Beaupre was sleeping on the bed in the sleep of innocence. I was busy with business. You need to know that for me she was discharged from Moscow geographic map. It hung on the wall without any use and had long tempted me with the width and goodness of the paper. I decided to make snakes out of it, and taking advantage of Beaupre's sleep, I set to work. Father came in at the same time as I was adjusting the bast tail to the Cape of Good Hope. Seeing my exercises in geography, the priest pulled me by the ear, then ran up to Beaupre, woke him up very carelessly, and began to shower him with reproaches. Beaupre, in confusion, wanted to get up, but could not: the unfortunate Frenchman was dead drunk. Seven troubles, one answer. Father lifted him out of bed by the collar, pushed him out of the door, and on the same day drove him out of the yard, to Savelich’s indescribable joy. That was the end of my upbringing.

I lived as a teenager, chasing pigeons and playing chakharda with the yard boys. Meanwhile, I was sixteen years old. Then my fate changed.

One autumn, my mother was making honey jam in the living room and I, licking my lips, looked at the seething foam. Father at the window was reading the Court Calendar, which he received annually. This book always had a strong influence on him: he never re-read it without special participation, and reading this always produced in him an amazing excitement of bile. Mother, who knew by heart all his habits and customs, always tried to shove the unfortunate book as far away as possible, and thus the Court Calendar did not come into his sight sometimes for entire months. But when he found it by chance, he would not let it out of his hands for hours at a time. So the priest read the Court Calendar, occasionally shrugging his shoulders and repeating in a low voice: “Lieutenant General!.. He was a sergeant in my company!... Both Russian orders Cavalier!.. How long ago have we been…” Finally, the priest threw the calendar on the sofa and plunged into reverie, which did not bode well.

Suddenly he turned to his mother: “Avdotya Vasilyevna, how old is Petrusha?”

“Yes, I’ve reached my seventeenth year,” answered my mother. - Petrusha was born in the same year that Aunt Nastasya Garasimovna became sad, and when else...

“Okay,” interrupted the priest, “it’s time for him to go into service. It’s enough for him to run around the maidens and climb dovecotes.”

The thought of imminent separation from me struck my mother so much that she dropped the spoon into the saucepan and tears streamed down her face. On the contrary, it is difficult to describe my admiration. The thought of service merged in me with thoughts of freedom, of the pleasures of St. Petersburg life. I imagined myself as a guard officer, which in my opinion was the height of human well-being.

Father did not like to change his intentions or postpone their implementation. The day for my departure was set. The day before, the priest announced that he intended to write with me to my future boss, and demanded pen and paper.

“Don’t forget, Andrei Petrovich,” said mother, “to bow to Prince B. for me; I say I hope that he will not abandon Petrusha with his favors.”

What nonsense! - answered the priest, frowning. - Why on earth would I write to Prince B.?

“But you said that you would like to write to Petrusha’s boss.”

Well, what's there?

“But the chief Petrushin is Prince B. After all, Petrusha is enrolled in the Semenovsky regiment.”

Recorded by! Why do I care that it’s recorded? Petrusha will not go to St. Petersburg. What will he learn while serving in St. Petersburg? hang out and hang out? No, let him serve in the army, let him pull the strap, let him smell gunpowder, let him be a soldier, not a chamaton. Enlisted in the Guard! Where is his passport? give it here.

Mother found my passport, which was kept in her box along with the shirt in which I was baptized, and handed it to the priest with a trembling hand. Father read it with attention, placed it on the table in front of him, and began his letter.

Curiosity tormented me: where are they sending me, if not to St. Petersburg? I didn’t take my eyes off Father’s pen, which was moving quite slowly. Finally he finished, sealed the letter in the same bag with his passport, took off his glasses, and calling me over, said: “Here is a letter to Andrei Karlovich R., my old comrade and friend. You are going to Orenburg to serve under his command.”

So all my brilliant hopes were dashed! Instead of a cheerful life in St. Petersburg, boredom awaited me in a remote and remote place. The service, which I had been thinking about with such delight for a minute, seemed to me like a grave misfortune. But there was no point in arguing. The next day, in the morning, a road wagon was brought to the porch; They put a chamodan, a cellar with a tea set and bundles with buns and pies, the last signs of home pampering. My parents blessed me. Father told me: “Goodbye, Peter. Serve faithfully to whom you pledge allegiance; obey your superiors; Don’t chase their affection; don’t ask for service; do not dissuade yourself from serving; and remember the proverb: take care of your dress when it’s new, and take care of your honor when you’re young.” Mother, in tears, ordered me to take care of my health and Savelich to look after the child. They put a bunny sheepskin coat on me, and a fox fur coat on top. I got into the wagon with Savelich and set off on the road, shedding tears.

That same night I arrived in Simbirsk, where I was supposed to stay for a day to purchase the necessary things, which was entrusted to Savelich. I stopped at a tavern. Savelich went to the shops in the morning. I miss you

The novel tells the story of the life of the young officer Pyotr Andreevich Grinev, who unwittingly became a participant in the events that occurred during the reign of Catherine II. These events are recorded in history as “Pugachevism”. The basis for the work is the memories of the main character. He tells his biography. At the place of his service, Peter finds his true love and, having gone through all the trials of fate, marries and continues to live, not forgetting what he had to endure.

The manifestation of willpower, courage and kindness of the main characters shows readers that they cannot give up and give up, but must go to the end and help those who need it.

Read the summary of Pushkin The Captain's Daughter in chapters

Chapter 1

The first chapter describes the childhood of Pyotr Grinev. From the age of five he was educated and taught to read and write by the eager Savelich. Having reached the age of 17, Petrusha goes to Orenburg with her teacher. Along the way, they stop in Simbirsk, where in a tavern Grinev loses 100 rubles to his new acquaintance, captain Ivan Zurin.

Chapter 2

On the road, Peter and Savelich fall into the shackles of a snow storm and cannot continue their journey. While they are leaving the snow captivity, Grinev sees in a dream a man with black beard and an ax in his hands. Helps them leave stranger and brings them to the hut for the night. In the morning, Petrusha gives the savior her sheepskin coat. Having arrived at his destination, Pyotr Andreevich learns that he will then have to go to Belogorsk fortress.

Chapter 3

In the fortress, Grinev meets its inhabitants and makes a new friend, Alexei Shvabrin, who was imprisoned in the fortress for murder in a duel. Alexei speaks poorly of the captain's daughter and condemns her. Having met
her, Peter begins to distrust Shvabrin, since he turns out to be wrong.

Chapter 4

Pyotr Andreevich likes it in the fortress, he begins to write poems for Masha, and Shvabrin ridicules them and continues to talk badly about the commandant’s daughter. Peter cannot stand it and challenges Shvabrin to a duel, in which he is subsequently wounded.

Chapter 5

Peter lies in bed and Masha takes care of him. Suddenly he begins to realize that he is in love with her and decides to write a letter to his father, asking for his blessing. In response, his father sends him a refusal and scolds Grinev for his tricks.

Chapter 6

An order comes to the fortress to prepare for defense. There are rumors about the leader peasant uprising Emelyan Pugachev, who with his retinue robs and kills people. Mironov wants to send his wife and daughter to Orenburg, but Vasilisa Egorovna refuses the trip, and they don’t have time to take Masha away.

Chapter 7

The fortress was conquered quickly; there were too many people on the ataman’s side. Pugachev summons everyone to his oath; Captain Mironov and those who did not bow to the impostor were immediately hanged. Grinev was also led to the gallows, but Savelich was able to prevent Petrusha’s death by promising a reward for him from his parents.

Chapter 8

Shvabrin took the oath to Pugachev. Masha remains besieged by the fortress. Peter is brought to Emelyan and he remembers where he saw him. He dreamed about him, and then showed him the way when they got stuck in a snowstorm. Pugachev remembered Peter’s gift and pardoned him.

Chapter 9

The next day, Emelyan sent Grinev to Orenburg to tell him that the city would soon be captured and destroyed. Having said goodbye to Masha, Peter and Savelich go on foot to Orenburg, but soon Pugachev’s close associate catches up with them and leaves them a horse and a fur coat.

Chapter 10

In Orenburg, Peter goes to the commander-in-chief and explains to him that it is better to prepare a defense than to go on the attack. At the time appointed by Emelyan, the robbers besieged the city. Grinev receives a letter from Masha, where she tells him that Shvabrin is keeping her locked up and forcing her to marry him.

Chapter 11

Peter decides to save his beloved himself and goes to his enemy, but they are attacked by Pugachev’s people and taken to him. Grinev tells Emelyan about Shvabrin’s action. Pugachev travels with Peter to the fortress to free Masha.

Chapter 12

Emelyan gives the order to release captive girl and releases them along with Grinev. He gives the young people a pass on the journey so that they can travel without attacks by robbers.

Chapter 13

On the way, they are arrested, mistaking Pugachev for people. It soon turns out that the head of the convoy is an acquaintance of Peter’s – Zurin. Masha and Savelich continue their journey home, and Peter remains with the military and helps them catch the chieftain and his supporters. Soon Pugachev is caught, and Peter is arrested and taken for interrogation.

Chapter 14

Masha goes to St. Petersburg to help Grinev. Quite by accident, she starts a conversation with a woman and tells her about her grief; Masha soon finds out that her interlocutor was the empress herself. Catherine II, imbued with Masha’s story, cancels the punishment for Peter. Grinev comes to Pugachev’s execution and he nods to him as if he were his friend.

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“The Captain's Daughter” is amazing in its content historical work A.S. Pushkin. While writing the story, Pushkin was working on “The History of the Pugachev Rebellion.” In order to obtain reliable information, the poet traveled to the Southern Urals to communicate with people who, if not eyewitnesses themselves, then heard stories from eyewitnesses of the events.

In the bright, picturesque sketches of “The Captain’s Daughter” there was more historical facts, portraits and events than in the “History” itself.

The story begins with the birth and childhood of the main character of the story - Pyotr Andreevich Grinev. The first chapter talks about the upbringing of the future officer, which Pushkin described in another of his works - “We all learned a little, something and somehow.” At first, the boy was raised by the yard uncle Arkhip Savelich. From the age of 12, he was assigned to be a “Mussie” - a French tutor”, who did not bother the noble teenager very much with science. So young Grinev reached the age of 17.

One fine day, his father decided to send Pyotr Andreevich to serve, assigning the faithful Savelich to him.

At the end of the chapter, Grinev and Savelich stopped at the Simbirsk tavern, where Guard Sergeant Grinev met the captain of the hussar regiment, Zurin, and lost 100 rubles to him at billiards.

In the second chapter, Grinev and Savelich continued their journey further. Grinev felt guilty before Savelich for losing and for getting drunk. The amount lost was considerable at that time, and the state of health after drinking wine was also not pleasing. The young man managed to draw appropriate conclusions from his offense. He apologized to the old man.

Suddenly the weather began to deteriorate, they lost their way and got up. And then they saw a man walking towards them. It was a local Cossack. He determined by the smell of smoke which side the village was on and ordered the coachman to go in that direction.

While the wagon slowly rolled along the impassable roads, constantly falling into ravines, Grinev dozed off to the sound of the wind. And he had a strange, and, as it seemed to him, prophetic dream, as if instead of an inn he had returned home. There his mother met him and took him to his dying father. But in bed, instead of his father, he saw the bearded face of a man whom they had met on the way. The man called Peter for a blessing. The dormant consciousness was gripped by horror, from which Grinev woke up. And then he heard Savelich’s voice, announcing that they had arrived.

The bearded man quickly found a place on the stove. Grinev offered him tea. But he asked to order him a glass of wine. The young man readily agreed. He noticed that the owner of the inn and the man with the beard clearly knew each other, and a strange, incomprehensible conversation ensued between them.

The next morning the storm subsided, the weather cleared, and it was necessary to continue the journey. Getting ready for the journey, the young man decided to give the bearded man a hare sheepskin coat, to which the keeper of the master's goods, Savelich, objected with all his soul, saying that he would drink it away in the nearest tavern. Grinev insisted on his own, and the hare sheepskin coat came into the possession of the peasant, who immediately tried to pull it on himself.

Grinev and Savelich continued their journey to Orenburg. In the provincial town, the young man immediately went to the old general with a letter from his father. He was received warmly. The general decided to send young Grinev as an officer to the Belogorsk fortress under the command of Captain Mironov.

In the third chapter of “The Captain's Daughter” the reader learns that the Belogorsk fortress was located not far from Orenburg - only 40 miles away and in its appearance looked more like a village than a fortress.

Here he met the wife of Captain Mironov and other inhabitants of the fortress. Vasilisa Egorovna was wonderful woman, a real Russian captain. She delved into all her husband’s affairs, and managed the affairs of the fortress almost on an equal footing with him.

Grinev’s first impression of the fortress was not the kindest; the young man became sad and even refused dinner, which displeased Savelich.

The next morning Shvabrin came to him. He was witty, spoke French well, and Grinev reached out to his new friend. At first, friendly relations developed between the officers.

In the fourth chapter, it turns out that service in the fortress was not as hateful as it might seem at first glance. Grinev talked every day with the captain’s daughter, Masha, a simple-minded girl and not at all stupid, contrary to how Shvabrin described her. And between official matters, Grinev tried to write poetry.

One of these poems, or rather a song, became the cause of a quarrel between Grinev and Shvabrin, which ended in a stupid and meaningless duel.

In this episode, Shvabrin’s mean character traits were revealed. Not only was he the initiator of this duel, taking advantage of Grinev’s hesitation and inflicting a serious wound on him, he also informed Pyotr Andreevich’s father about the duel.

Fifth chapter. The wounded Grinev lay in the captain's house. The wound turned out to be severe, Pyotr Andreevich did not come to his senses for several days. During this period, Masha and Palashka, the Mironovs’ courtyard girl, looked after him. When Grinev began to recover, he asked Masha to marry him. Masha also liked Grinev, and she promised to give consent if Pyotr Andreevich’s parents accepted her.

But because of the denunciation of the duel received by the old major, he wrote a sharp letter to his son, in which there could be no talk of consent to marriage. My father wrote that he would ask Andrei Karlovich, the old general, to transfer him from the Belogorsk fortress. Having learned about the refusal, Masha began to avoid the young man; Grinev himself secluded himself and tried not to leave the house except on official business.

In the sixth chapter, a newly-minted “sovereign” appeared in the Orenburg province Peter III", Don Cossack and schismatic Emelyan Pugachev, to whom the laurels of Grishka Otrepiev did not give rest. In the captured fortresses, half of the population were Cossacks, who supported Pugachev riot. Therefore, at first his “army” was victorious. The men plundered the captured fortresses, and the nobles who refused to “swear allegiance to the sovereign” were hanged.

In the seventh chapter, Pugachev takes the Belogorsk fortress, hangs Captain Mironov and several officers. Shvabrin was among the “sworn”. Young Grinev was ready to say goodbye to his life, but the faithful Savelich fell at the feet of the “sovereign,” begging him to take his life and have mercy on the “master’s child.” Here Pugachev recognized Savelich and Grinev as his recent companions. Because Grinev gave him a hare sheepskin coat (which, by the way, Savelich could not forgive him), he ordered the release of Grinev, despite the fact that he honestly refused to swear allegiance and honestly admitted that he would fight against him, Pugachev. Pugachev placed Shvabrin in charge of the fortress.

The capture of the Belogorsk fortress is the culmination of the entire work. The events that took place here turned the fates of the main characters of the story upside down.

In the eighth chapter, Pugachev tried to win Grinev over to his side, but he refused. But despite this, the robber, who remembered goodness, decided to let our hero go.

Ninth chapter. The next morning Grinev and Savelich went to Orenburg. They walk, but soon Pugachev’s man catches up with them and, at the behest of the chieftain, gives them a horse and a sheepskin coat. The robber himself goes to take other cities, and Shvabrin becomes the commandant of the fortress. Masha is sick, she is delirious.

In the tenth chapter, Grinev, having arrived in Orenburg, went to the general. He spoke about the events in the fortress. At the military council, the young officer spoke out in favor of the offensive, noting that he was against an organized offensive and military weapons the Pugachevites will not resist. But at the council it was decided to take a state of siege - a decision that was neither rational nor smart. Finding itself in a state of siege, the city was forced to starve.

Here he received a letter from Masha, who informed him that Shvabrin was forcibly persuading her to marry. Short person, without receiving voluntary consent, he decided to take advantage of his power and Masha’s helplessness. Grinev immediately rushed to the fortress.

In the eleventh chapter, our hero was intercepted by the Pugachevites and taken to the “sovereign”. He understood perfectly well that he might not return alive. But the thought of losing Masha frightened him even more.

He told Pugachev that he was going to help out an orphan whom Shvabrin was hurting in Belogorskaya. He told Pugachev everything, concealing only that Masha was the daughter of Captain Mironov. Pugachev decided to personally go to Belogorskaya, realizing that Shvabrin might not obey anyone but him.

In the twelfth chapter, the ataman demanded that Shvabrin open Maria’s room and let him in to the girl. Seeing that the deception and cunning have been exposed, he again resorts to meanness and announces to Pugachev that Masha is the daughter of the former commandant of the fortress. But Pugachev released Masha and Grinev, gave them his letter, which opened up for them all the roads in the lands under his control.

In the thirteenth chapter, in one town, Grinev met with Zurin, who advised him to send Masha to his parents. Grinev liked this idea. Together with Masha, he equipped Savelich. Grinev's family warmly received the girl.

Grinev himself joined Zurin’s detachment, in which he fought against the rebels.

Chapter fourteen. Zurin receives a paper ordering the arrest of Grinev for his connection with Pugachev. It was final revenge vile Shvabrin. He slandered the young officer, attributing to him his own baseness.

When the Grinev estate learned that Pyotr Andreevich had been imprisoned for connections with rebels and betrayal, his father was upset, and Masha decided to go to St. Petersburg to see Empress Catherine II. Masha met with the Empress in the garden and told about everything, without even suspecting that she was talking to Her Majesty. The Empress believed the story of Captain Mironov's daughter. Masha returned to the estate with a letter to her future father-in-law from Her Majesty.

Pyotr Grinev was released from prison and was present in the square where Pugachev was executed. Soon he and Masha got married, and lived a long and happy life in Simbirsk province.

That's how it is summary“The Captain's Daughter” by Pushkin, but it is much more interesting to read the work in its entirety.

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The story is narrated on behalf of 50-year-old Pyotr Andreevich Grinev, who recalls the time when fate brought him together with the leader of the peasant uprising, Emelyan Pugachev.

Peter grew up in the family of a poor nobleman. The boy received practically no education - he himself writes that only by the age of 12, with the help of Uncle Savelich, was he able to “learn to read and write.” Until the age of 16, he led the life of a minor, playing with village boys and dreaming of a fun life in St. Petersburg, since he was enlisted as a sergeant in the Semenovsky regiment at a time when his mother was pregnant with him.

But his father decided differently - he sent 17-year-old Petrusha not to St. Petersburg, but to the army “to smell gunpowder”, to the Orenburg fortress, giving him the instruction to “preserve honor from a young age.” His teacher Savelich also went to the fortress with him.

At the entrance to Orenburg, Petrusha and Savelich got into a snowstorm and got lost, and only the help of a stranger saved them - he led them onto the road to their home. In gratitude for the rescue, Petrusha gave the stranger a hare sheepskin coat and treated him to wine.

Petrusha comes to serve in the Belogorsk fortress, which does not at all resemble a fortified structure. The entire army of the fortress consists of several “disabled” soldiers, and a single cannon acts as a formidable weapon. The fortress is run by Ivan Kuzmich Mironov, who is not distinguished by education, but is very kind and fair man. In truth, all the affairs in the fortress are run by his wife Vasilisa Egorovna. Grinev becomes close to the commandant’s family, spending a lot of time with them. At first, officer Shvabrin, who serves in the same fortress, also becomes his friend. But soon Grinev and Shvabrin quarrel because Shvabrin speaks unflatteringly about Mironov’s daughter, Masha, who Grinev really likes. Grinev challenges Shvabrin to a duel, during which he is wounded. While caring for the wounded Grinev, Masha tells him that Shvabrin once asked for her hand in marriage and was refused. Grinev wants to marry Masha and writes a letter to his father, asking for a blessing, but his father does not agree to such a marriage - Masha is homeless.

October 1773 arrives. Mironov receives a letter informing him of the Don Cossack Pugachev, posing as the late Emperor Peter III. Pugachev has already collected large army from peasants and captured several fortresses. The Belogorsk fortress is preparing to meet Pugachev. The commandant is going to send his daughter to Orenburg, but does not have time to do this - the fortress is captured by the Pugachevites, whom the villagers greet with bread and salt. All employees in the fortress are captured and must take an oath of allegiance to Pugachev. The commandant refuses to take the oath and is hanged. His wife also dies. But Grinev suddenly finds himself free. Savelich explains to him that Pugachev is the same stranger to whom Grinev once gave a hare sheepskin coat.

Despite the fact that Grinev openly refuses to swear allegiance to Pugachev, he releases him. Grinev leaves, but Masha remains in the fortress. He is sick, and the local priest tells everyone that she is her niece. Shvabrin was appointed commandant of the fortress, who swore allegiance to Pugachev, which cannot but worry Grinev. Once in Orenburg, he asks for help, but does not receive it. Soon he receives a letter from Masha, in which she writes that Shvabrin demands that she marry him. If she refuses, he promises to tell the Pugachevites who she is. Grinev and Savelich travel to the Belogorsk fortress, but on the way they are captured by the Pugachevites and again meet with their leader. Grinev honestly tells him where and why he is going, and Pugachev, unexpectedly for Grinev, decides to help him “punish the offender of the orphan.”

In the fortress, Pugachev frees Masha and, despite the fact that Shvabrin tells him the truth about her, lets her go. Grinev takes Masha to his parents, and he returns to the army. Pugachev’s speech fails, but Grinev is also arrested - at the trial, Shvabrin says that Grinev is Pugachev’s spy. He is sentenced to eternal exile in Siberia, and only Masha’s visit to the Empress helps to achieve his pardon. But Shvabrin himself was sent to hard labor.

Captain's daughter

Take care of your honor from a young age.

Proverb

CHAPTER I. SERGEANT OF THE GUARD

If only he were a guard captain tomorrow.

This is not necessary; let him serve in the army.

Well said! let him push...

Who's his father?

Knyazhnin.

Beaupre was a hairdresser in his homeland, then a soldier in Prussia, then he came to Russia pour être outchitel, not really understanding the meaning of this word. He was a kind fellow, but flighty and dissolute to the extreme. His main weakness was his passion for the fair sex; Not infrequently, for his tenderness, he received pushes, from which he groaned for whole days. Moreover, he was not (as he put it) an enemy of the bottle, that is, (speaking in Russian) he loved to drink too much. But since we served wine only at dinner, and then only in small glasses, and the teachers usually carried it around, my Beaupre very soon got used to the Russian liqueur, and even began to prefer it to the wines of his fatherland, as it was much healthier for the stomach. We hit it off immediately, and although according to the contract he was obliged to teach me French, German and all sciences, he preferred to quickly learn from me how to chat in Russian - and then each of us went about our own business. We lived in perfect harmony. I didn't want any other mentor. But soon fate separated us, and for this reason:

The washerwoman Palashka, a fat and pockmarked girl, and the crooked cowwoman Akulka somehow agreed at the same time to throw themselves at mother’s feet, blaming themselves for their criminal weakness and complaining with tears about the monsieur who had seduced their inexperience. Mother didn’t like to joke about this, and complained to the priest. His reprisal was short. He immediately demanded the Frenchman's channel. They reported that Monsieur was giving me his lesson. Father went to my room. At this time, Beaupre was sleeping on the bed in the sleep of innocence. I was busy with business. You need to know that a geographical map was issued for me from Moscow. It hung on the wall without any use and had long tempted me with the width and goodness of the paper. I decided to make snakes out of it, and taking advantage of Beaupre's sleep, I set to work. Father came in at the same time as I was adjusting the bast tail to the Cape of Good Hope. Seeing my exercises in geography, the priest pulled me by the ear, then ran up to Beaupre, woke him up very carelessly, and began to shower him with reproaches. Beaupre, in confusion, wanted to get up, but could not: the unfortunate Frenchman was dead drunk. Seven troubles, one answer. Father lifted him out of bed by the collar, pushed him out of the door, and on the same day drove him out of the yard, to Savelich’s indescribable joy. That was the end of my upbringing.

I lived as a teenager, chasing pigeons and playing chakharda with the yard boys. Meanwhile, I was sixteen years old. Then my fate changed.

One autumn, my mother was making honey jam in the living room, and I, licking my lips, looked at the seething foam. Father at the window was reading the Court Calendar, which he received annually. This book always had a strong influence on him: he never re-read it without special participation, and reading this always produced in him an amazing excitement of bile. Mother, who knew by heart all his habits and customs, always tried to shove the unfortunate book as far away as possible, and thus the Court Calendar did not come into his sight sometimes for entire months. But when he found it by chance, he would not let it out of his hands for hours at a time. So, the priest read the Court Calendar, occasionally shrugging his shoulders and repeating in a low voice: “Lieutenant General!.. He was a sergeant in my company!.. Knight of both Russian orders!.. How long ago have we…” Finally, the priest threw the calendar on the sofa, and plunged into reverie, which did not bode well.

Suddenly he turned to his mother: “Avdotya Vasilyevna, how old is Petrusha?”

“Yes, I’ve reached my seventeenth year,” answered my mother. - Petrusha was born in the same year that Aunt Nastasya Garasimovna became sad, and when else...

“Okay,” interrupted the priest, “it’s time for him to go into service. It’s enough for him to run around the maidens and climb dovecotes.”

“Don’t forget, Andrei Petrovich,” said mother, “to bow to Prince B. for me; I say I hope that he will not abandon Petrusha with his favors.

What nonsense! - answered the priest, frowning. - Why on earth would I write to Prince B.?

But you said that you would like to write to Petrusha’s boss.

Well, what's there?

But the chief of Petrushin is Prince B. After all, Petrusha is enrolled in the Semenovsky regiment.