I thought he was like Genghis Khan or Attila the Hun, and legendary but real, but this is not the case.
They looked very handsome in their black sheepskin caps, with cloth-of-gold crowns.Ĭommentary: So, fancy – I have heard of Taras Bulba (and a famously weird Hollywood film of that name) but had no idea Gogol wrote this, nor that Taras Bulba is a made-up character. Their faces, already a little sunburnt, seemed to have grown handsomer and whiter their slight black moustaches now cast a more distinct shadow on this pallor and set off their healthy youthful complexions. Their jackets of scarlet cloth were girt by flowered sashes into which were thrust engraved Turkish pistols their swords clanked at their heels. Red morocco boots with silver heels took the place of their dirty old ones trousers wide as the Black Sea, with countless folds and plaits, were kept up by golden girdles from which hung long slender thongs, with tassels and other tinkling things, for pipes.
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