Dron replied that the horses of these peasants were away carting . Alpátych named others , but they too , according to Dron , had no horses available : some horses were carting for the government , others were too weak , and others had died for want of fodder . It seemed that no horses could be had even for the carriages , much less for the carting .
Дрон ответил, что лошади этих крестьян уехали в увоз. Алпатыч назвал других, но и у них, по словам Дрона, не было лошадей: одни лошади ехали на казенность, другие были слишком слабы, а третьи умерли от недостатка корма. Лошадей, казалось, не было ни для карет, ни тем более для возов.