Did you hear him asking about you?' Lukashka raised his head. 'My
godson?' said Lukashka, meaning by that word the dead Chechen. 'Your
godson won't rise, but the red one is the godson's brother!' 'Let him
thank God that he got off whole himself,' replied Lukashka. 'What are
you glad about?' asked Olenin. 'Supposing your brother had been killed;
would you be glad?' The Cossack looked at Olenin with laughing eyes. He
seemed to have understood all that Olenin wished to say to him, but to
be above such considerations. 'Well, that happens too! Don't our fellows
get killed sometimes?' Chapter XXII The Captain and the head of the
village rode away, and Olenin, to please Lukashka as well as to avoid
going back alone through the dark forest, asked the corporal to give
Lukashka leave, and the corporal d
