“And carrying a bag of chow. Grigory Ivanych received every one of them himself and asked: You, now, who might you be, who's your dad, why do you want to go to war? And every time he asked the last question: You believe in God? And if the guy says I do, then Grigory Ivanych would say: Then you're no good for me. Even if the guy was a hero to look at, had a horse and a weapon, he didn't take him. Go, he would say, to someone else. Because here's the way it is with me: I'm a good judge of people, and when I know a man, I know what to expect from him, what to ask. But if he has God, then I can't know what God'll order him to do. In my division there can only be one god—the commander."