A warmth and smell as if from horses came out. The door opened and banged to and fro on its hinges. Distracted and tormented, I kicked my foot against the cracked door of the pig sty which had not been used for years. Of course, who is now going to lend her his horse for such a journey? I walked once again across the courtyard. My servant girl was at that very moment running around the village to see if she could borrow a horse, but it was hopeless-I knew that-and I stood there useless, increasingly covered with snow, becoming all the time more immobile. My own horse had died the previous night, as a result of over exertion in this icy winter. Wrapped up in furs with the bag of instruments in my hand, I was already standing in the courtyard ready for the journey but the horse was missing-the horse. I had a carriage-a light one, with large wheels, entirely suitable for our country roads. A severe snowstorm filled the space between him and me. A seriously ill man was waiting for me in a village ten miles distant.
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