17 (i) : According to 'The Man' the funny sight was watching a cavalry charge take place. He is describing to Raina what a cavalry charge looks like and in particular he cavalry charge which took place at the Battle at Slivnitza. He describes what happens in a cavalry charge and he also describes the way the leader of the cavalry charge at Slivnitza behaved.
(ii) : The Man compares a cavalry charge to a handful of peas flung in force.The whole bunch of peas do not come together just as all the horses and the men they carry do not come together. In the cavalry charge at Slivnitza one rider and horse came first. The first horse seemed more eager to run away from the battle rather than to take his rider towards his enemy. The rider had to use force to steer his horse in the direction of the enemy. He was then followed by two or three other riders and then the rest of the cavalry in a tight group.
(iii) : Raina feels ecstatic when The man describes the cavalry charge because Sergius, her fiance and the person whom she so recently was convinced is truly the man for her to marry, was the leader of the cavalry charge. She was so proud of him after hearing the account from her mother of how Sergius had led their country to victory, that she was ecstatic and wanted to hear more about his heroic exploits.
(iv) : The Man describes the leader of the Bulgarian cavalry regiment's charge at Slivnitza as the "poor devil". The man did not know at that moment of time that the man whom he was referring to was Sergius, Raina's fiance.
The Man refers to him as a "poor devil" as he feels pity for him as this cavalry leader seemed to want to go charging towards the Serbian artillery positions but his horse seemed to want to go in the opposite direction (probably sensing the danger it was in and that it might meet its death rather soon if it did so !) and thus the soldiers on the horse's back had to keep pulling his horse in the desired direction which was requiring quite a lot of effort.
(v) : Raina was thinking of Sergius, who had led that cavalry charge on the Serbian positions in the battle at Slivnitza as "the bravest of the brave".
Raina refers to Sergius as "the bravest of the brave" as she thought that he was exceptionally brave to have decided to put his life at risk for the sake of his country and to have personally led the assault. In addition, Sergius had risked the wrath of his superiors whose orders not to attack, he had defied !
(vi) : The irony in Raina's statement that the person being referred was the "bravest of the brave" was that it seemed it was only Catherine and Raina who seemed to think so. All professional soldiers, either Serbian or Bulgarian, Austrian or Russian, thought he was the maddest of persons, and had led his regoiment into unjustified danger, for which action he deserved being courtmartialed.
(ii) : The Man compares a cavalry charge to a handful of peas flung in force.The whole bunch of peas do not come together just as all the horses and the men they carry do not come together. In the cavalry charge at Slivnitza one rider and horse came first. The first horse seemed more eager to run away from the battle rather than to take his rider towards his enemy. The rider had to use force to steer his horse in the direction of the enemy. He was then followed by two or three other riders and then the rest of the cavalry in a tight group.
(iii) : Raina feels ecstatic when The man describes the cavalry charge because Sergius, her fiance and the person whom she so recently was convinced is truly the man for her to marry, was the leader of the cavalry charge. She was so proud of him after hearing the account from her mother of how Sergius had led their country to victory, that she was ecstatic and wanted to hear more about his heroic exploits.
(iv) : The Man describes the leader of the Bulgarian cavalry regiment's charge at Slivnitza as the "poor devil". The man did not know at that moment of time that the man whom he was referring to was Sergius, Raina's fiance.
The Man refers to him as a "poor devil" as he feels pity for him as this cavalry leader seemed to want to go charging towards the Serbian artillery positions but his horse seemed to want to go in the opposite direction (probably sensing the danger it was in and that it might meet its death rather soon if it did so !) and thus the soldiers on the horse's back had to keep pulling his horse in the desired direction which was requiring quite a lot of effort.
(v) : Raina was thinking of Sergius, who had led that cavalry charge on the Serbian positions in the battle at Slivnitza as "the bravest of the brave".
Raina refers to Sergius as "the bravest of the brave" as she thought that he was exceptionally brave to have decided to put his life at risk for the sake of his country and to have personally led the assault. In addition, Sergius had risked the wrath of his superiors whose orders not to attack, he had defied !
(vi) : The irony in Raina's statement that the person being referred was the "bravest of the brave" was that it seemed it was only Catherine and Raina who seemed to think so. All professional soldiers, either Serbian or Bulgarian, Austrian or Russian, thought he was the maddest of persons, and had led his regoiment into unjustified danger, for which action he deserved being courtmartialed.
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