War and Peace · secondary
Lavrúshka
fictional · male
Denísov’s orderly, known for being a rogue.
Appearances
- First: Book TWO · Chapter IV · ¶ 16
- Latest: Book TWELVE · Chapter VII · ¶ 16
Relationships
Patronage · Napoleon Bonaparte
“Napoleon, after making the Cossack a present, had him set free like a bird restored to its native fields.”
Patronage · Nicholas Rostov
“Rostóv was just mounting to go for a ride round the neighboring villages with Ilyín; he let Lavrúshka have another horse and took him along with him.”
Quotations
“'What about your master?' he asked Lavrúshka, Denísov’s orderly, whom all the regiment knew for a rogue.”
“'Now then, you devil’s puppet, look alive and hunt for it!'”
“Lavrúshka—that sly, bold orderly of Denísov’s”
“changed their wet things for dry ones.”
“Lavrúshka, the serf Denísov had handed over to Rostóv”
“In reality Lavrúshka, having got drunk the day before”
“Finding himself in the company of Napoleon, whose identity he had easily and surely recognized, Lavrúshka was not in the least abashed”
“Lavrúshka, understanding that this was done to perplex him”
“he found the Cossacks, inquired for the regiment operating with Plátov’s detachment and by evening found his master, Nicholas Rostóv, quartered at Yankóvo”
“accompanied by Lavrúshka who had just returned from captivity...”
“And I’d have won on my Frenchy, your excellency,” said Lavrúshka from behind...”
“Lavrúshka and Alpátych”
“Bind him, Lavrúshka!”
“Lavrúshka came in with some papers”