He handed the horses over to the soldier who was stirring the pot and squatted down on his heels by the fire beside the officer with the long neck . That officer did not take his eyes from Dólokhov and again asked to what regiment he belonged . Dólokhov , as if he had not heard the question , did not reply , but lighting a short French pipe which he took from his pocket began asking the officer in how far the road before them was safe from Cossacks .
Он передал лошадей солдату, который помешивал котел, и присел на корточках у костра рядом с офицером с длинной шеей. Этот офицер не сводил глаз с Долохова и снова спрашивал, к какому он полку принадлежит. Долохов, как будто не слыша вопроса, не ответил, а, закурив короткую французскую трубку, которую он вынул из кармана, стал спрашивать офицера, насколько дорога пред ними безопасна от казаков.