12.(i) : 'The Man' tells Raina not to hate him because he is very grateful and indebted to her for saving his life by not giving him up, she seemed to him like and angel sent to deliver him at the time when he faced almost certain death. He thus wanted her to understand that he was not her enemy nor the enemy of her country and that he did not have anything against the Bulgarian people and that he was not her and her country's enemy.
(ii) : The Man says that he joined the Serbian army because he was a "professional soldier" - a mercenary. He thus was willing to fight for any army which would pay for his services. The Serbians were the first army that had come his way and hired him and thus he had joined their army.
It tells us that The Man looks at soldiering in a very new way. He sees it as a profession just like any other profession and that he will give his services to those who pay him for it. He thus has an anti-romantic character, not seeing war in the old romantic way as a patriot fighting for love of his country. Because of his way of thinking is so new, those who are unused to such thinking may consider him as a person without patriotic feelings or respect for human life.
(iii) : The Man wants Raina to be generous as she is a;ready satisfied because her country had defeated the Serbians in the battle at Slivnitza completely "Beaten us hollow".
Raina proclaims that she has been generous because she has indeed been very generous, even to the point of risking being taken as a traitor to her own country for giving refuge and hiding the enemy soldier. She has done this in spite of the soldier having threatened to kill her and had taken her mantle for some time as futher protection against her giving away his presence.
(iv) : The Man describes Raina hiding him and not revealing him from the soldiers of her own army, putting herself and her reputation at risk in doing so as being noble and heroic.
The man says that he is not saved as as he realises that only one group of Bulgarians pursuing the fleeing Serbian soldiers has passed. He believes that "in fits and starts" other groups also pursuing the same persons will also be a threat to him and would require him to find some means of saving himself.
(v) : By saying "this particular rush will soon pass through", the Man means that this mob of blood thirsty, aggressive and noisy Bulgarians seeking out fleeing enemy Serbian soldiers would, now that they have not found the person they were looking for, leave and go ahead in search of other such fugitives.
(vi) The Man needs to take a chance to leave Raina's house before someone else insists that they indeed did see a Serbian fugitive climb into the Petkoff's house and they do come and make a more thorough search of the house and find him. He wants to sneak out of the house in the gap between two search parties. He wants to get into safety by leaving Raina's house, but he requests her to rest for a few moments before he does so.
(ii) : The Man says that he joined the Serbian army because he was a "professional soldier" - a mercenary. He thus was willing to fight for any army which would pay for his services. The Serbians were the first army that had come his way and hired him and thus he had joined their army.
It tells us that The Man looks at soldiering in a very new way. He sees it as a profession just like any other profession and that he will give his services to those who pay him for it. He thus has an anti-romantic character, not seeing war in the old romantic way as a patriot fighting for love of his country. Because of his way of thinking is so new, those who are unused to such thinking may consider him as a person without patriotic feelings or respect for human life.
(iii) : The Man wants Raina to be generous as she is a;ready satisfied because her country had defeated the Serbians in the battle at Slivnitza completely "Beaten us hollow".
Raina proclaims that she has been generous because she has indeed been very generous, even to the point of risking being taken as a traitor to her own country for giving refuge and hiding the enemy soldier. She has done this in spite of the soldier having threatened to kill her and had taken her mantle for some time as futher protection against her giving away his presence.
(iv) : The Man describes Raina hiding him and not revealing him from the soldiers of her own army, putting herself and her reputation at risk in doing so as being noble and heroic.
The man says that he is not saved as as he realises that only one group of Bulgarians pursuing the fleeing Serbian soldiers has passed. He believes that "in fits and starts" other groups also pursuing the same persons will also be a threat to him and would require him to find some means of saving himself.
(v) : By saying "this particular rush will soon pass through", the Man means that this mob of blood thirsty, aggressive and noisy Bulgarians seeking out fleeing enemy Serbian soldiers would, now that they have not found the person they were looking for, leave and go ahead in search of other such fugitives.
(vi) The Man needs to take a chance to leave Raina's house before someone else insists that they indeed did see a Serbian fugitive climb into the Petkoff's house and they do come and make a more thorough search of the house and find him. He wants to sneak out of the house in the gap between two search parties. He wants to get into safety by leaving Raina's house, but he requests her to rest for a few moments before he does so.
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