"He requited himself for the loss of his horse, and took his revenge at the same time," I said, with a view to evoking my companion's opinion. "Of course, from their point of view," said the staff-captain, "he was perfectly right." I was involuntarily struck by the aptitude which the Russian displays for accommodating himself to the customs of the people in whose midst he happens to be living. I know not whether this mental quality is deserving of censure or commendation, but it proves the incredible pliancy of his mind and the presence of that clear common sense which pardons evil wherever it
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