23 (i) : raina calls the Man her enemy because he was a mercenary fighting for the Serboiand against the Bulgarians. Raina was a Bulgarian. The Man had forced himself into her room and while raina had hid him from the Rusian officer and the Bulgarians soldiers who had come to look for him, she was not angry and hurt that he had spoken poorly of her future husband, even comparing his (Sergius') action at the battle of Slivnitza to Don Quixote charging the windmills.
(ii) : The "good" Raina had done was to give the Man her remaining chocolate creams when he saidf that he was hungry. She had given the Man refuge in her room when he had forcibly entered and threatened her. She had hid him from the Russian officer, the Bulgarian soldiers and her mother when they had come to see if an enemy soldier had taken refuge in her bedroom.
It tells us that Raina is an exceptionally brave woman. She is not easily made afraid, even when a soldier points a gun at her ! It also tells us that she is compassionate : she had been informed that some of the defeated Serb soldiers were fleeing for their lives through the town and thus when the Man sought refuge in her room she gave him that security, which shows her compassion.
(iii) : The man describes as "unsoldierly" her giving in to his wish to eact some cholcolates. raina gave The Man the last three of her chocolate creams. It was "unsoldierly" for The Man - a professional soldier to be longing for chocolate rather than victory over his enemies. It was "unsoldierly" for Raina who would now like to act as a "professional soldier" to have given him chocolate creams when she should have handed him over to the members of her country's army who cam,e looking for him.
It was 'angelic" because in Raina giving him the chocolate creams she had brought a moment of kindness to the distressful experience he had had especially when his regiment was routed in the Battle at Silvnitza, but also his distasteful life in the army - experiences of which he had been narrating to Raina.
(iv) : Raina says "now I will do the soldierly thing" in response to The Man claiming that sergius had acte unprofessionally in the way he had won the battle at Slivnitza. Raina had been offended that The Man after he had benefited from her hospitality so greatly had ridiculed her finance. She had taken the decision not to act in response to her feelings of compassion for his situation and to send him out of her room and home to face his enemies.
(v) : Raina had said earlier that her future husband showed "sheer ignorance of the art of war" and had acted in an unprofessional manner by leading his cavalry regiment against the Serbian artillery regiment. He had said that "Of all the fools let loose on a field of battle, that man must have been the very maddest". He compared Sergius to Don Quixote.All this had offended Raina who had been completely convinced that Sergius had shown heroic courage by risking his life and leading his regiment to victory.
(vi) : The two contrary statements tell us that Raina is caught between her feelings of compassion for a defeated soldierly seeking refuge with her or otherwise facing certain capture and possibly death and her duty to her nation and to her fiance in turning over the enemy soldier. She is also caught between her fascination with this man who soes not seek to romanticise himself to her and her conviction so shortly before that Sergius was indeed the right person for her to get married to.
(ii) : The "good" Raina had done was to give the Man her remaining chocolate creams when he saidf that he was hungry. She had given the Man refuge in her room when he had forcibly entered and threatened her. She had hid him from the Russian officer, the Bulgarian soldiers and her mother when they had come to see if an enemy soldier had taken refuge in her bedroom.
It tells us that Raina is an exceptionally brave woman. She is not easily made afraid, even when a soldier points a gun at her ! It also tells us that she is compassionate : she had been informed that some of the defeated Serb soldiers were fleeing for their lives through the town and thus when the Man sought refuge in her room she gave him that security, which shows her compassion.
(iii) : The man describes as "unsoldierly" her giving in to his wish to eact some cholcolates. raina gave The Man the last three of her chocolate creams. It was "unsoldierly" for The Man - a professional soldier to be longing for chocolate rather than victory over his enemies. It was "unsoldierly" for Raina who would now like to act as a "professional soldier" to have given him chocolate creams when she should have handed him over to the members of her country's army who cam,e looking for him.
It was 'angelic" because in Raina giving him the chocolate creams she had brought a moment of kindness to the distressful experience he had had especially when his regiment was routed in the Battle at Silvnitza, but also his distasteful life in the army - experiences of which he had been narrating to Raina.
(iv) : Raina says "now I will do the soldierly thing" in response to The Man claiming that sergius had acte unprofessionally in the way he had won the battle at Slivnitza. Raina had been offended that The Man after he had benefited from her hospitality so greatly had ridiculed her finance. She had taken the decision not to act in response to her feelings of compassion for his situation and to send him out of her room and home to face his enemies.
(v) : Raina had said earlier that her future husband showed "sheer ignorance of the art of war" and had acted in an unprofessional manner by leading his cavalry regiment against the Serbian artillery regiment. He had said that "Of all the fools let loose on a field of battle, that man must have been the very maddest". He compared Sergius to Don Quixote.All this had offended Raina who had been completely convinced that Sergius had shown heroic courage by risking his life and leading his regiment to victory.
(vi) : The two contrary statements tell us that Raina is caught between her feelings of compassion for a defeated soldierly seeking refuge with her or otherwise facing certain capture and possibly death and her duty to her nation and to her fiance in turning over the enemy soldier. She is also caught between her fascination with this man who soes not seek to romanticise himself to her and her conviction so shortly before that Sergius was indeed the right person for her to get married to.
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