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A crowd of people were in the large barrack-room -- naval, artillery, and infantry officers. Some slept, others talked, sitting on a chest of some kind and on the carriage of a garrison gun, but the largest and noisiest group sat on two Cossack cloaks spread on the floor beyond the arch, and were drinking porter and playing cards.
"Ah, Kozeltsóf! Kozeltsóf! . So you've come! That's good. You're a brick. How's your wound? " It was evident that here also he was liked, and his return gave pleasure.