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Evidently he had stopped his horse to finish his evening devotions. "It is not Walgierz," thought the boy. He had approached so close that he could touch the unknown man with his spear. The man who evidently was a knight, smiled at him benevolently, and said: "May Jesus Christ be praised!" "For ages and ages." "Is that the court of the Princess of Mazowsze below?" "Yes, it is!"
And it is known that no evil spirit can endure the ringing of the bells, and they are obliged to escape to the forests on the Hungarian frontier." "I wonder," said Pani Ofka, the widow of Krystyn of Jarzombkow, "how Walgierz Wdaly, about whom the monk was talking, can appear in Tyniec, where they ring the bells seven times a day."
But Zbyszko arose in his stirrups and said: "It is true; the giant Walgierz; nobody else!" At this the coachman reined in the horses, but not dropping the reins, began to make the sign of the cross, because he also perceived on an opposite hill the gigantic figure of a horsemen. The princess had risen; but now she sat down, her face changed with fear.
"Because we stopped," answered Macko. "He is looking toward us as if he would like to choose somebody," said another rybalt; "if I were sure he was a man and not an evil spirit, I would go and give him a blow on the head with the lute." The women began to pray aloud, but Zbyszko wishing to show his courage to the princess and Danusia, said: "I will go just the same. I am not afraid of Walgierz!"
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