loose coin
was
heard."There's
money in
that
thing,"cried
the
blacksmith.In
a moment
the top of
the
delicate
piece of
furniture
was
smashed
and there
lay
exposed in
a drawer
eighty
half-imperials.Gold
coin was a
rare sight
in Russia
even at
that
time;it
put the
peasants
beside
themselves."There
must be
more of
that in
the house
and we
shall have
it,"yelled
the
ex-soldier
blacksmith."This
is war
time."The
others
were
already
shouting
out of the
window
