“ Eldar is his name," said Hadji Murad."That is well," said the old man, and motioned Eldar to a place on a piece of felt beside Hadji Murad. Eldar sat down, crossing his legs and fixing his fine ram-like eyes on the old man who, having now started talking, was telling how their brave fellows had caught two Russian soldiers the week before and had killed one and sent the other to Shamil in Veden.Hadji Murad heard him absently, looking at the door and listening to the sounds outside. Under the penthouse steps were heard, the door creaked, and Sado, the master of the house, came in. ”
Leo Tolstoy
Summary
“Hadji Murad — 1”, is a work by Leo Tolstoy. It explores elements such as Hadji Murad, Sado and Shamil.
Quotes from Hadji Murad — 1 (Leo Tolstoy)
“ Sado and Hadji Murad kept silent as long as the women, with their coin ornaments tinkling, moved softly about in their red soft-soled slippers, setting out before the visitors the things they had brought. Eldar sat motionless as a statue, his ram-like eyes fixed on his crossed legs, all the time the women were in the saklya. ”
“ He told how an order had come from Shamil to seize Hadji Murad alive or dead, that Shamil's envoys had left only the day before, that the people were afraid to disobey Shamil's orders, and that therefore it was necessary to be careful."In my house," said Sado, "no one shall injure my kunak while I live, but how will it be in the open fields?...We must think it over."Hadji Murad listened with attention and nodded approvingly. When Sado had finished he said:"Very well. Now we must send a man with a letter to the Russians. My murid will go but he will need a guide." ”
