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You will precede them and take us home." The Bohemian kissed her hand, and asked, with emotion: "But during the time of your sojourn here?" "God watches over orphans! I shall remain here." "Will you not find it tedious? What will you do here?" "I shall ask the Lord Jesus to restore happiness to Zbyszko and keep all of you in good health."
What will it be if she neither recovers nor dies? The Devil knows." But the Bohemian was thinking all the time of Jagienka. "Your honor should understand that when I left Spychow and bade her good-bye, she told me this: 'If anything should happen, come and inform me before Zbyszko and Macko arrive.
Zbyszko sat in the wagon on the hay, beside the sick man and watched him till day-break. From time to time he gave him wine to drink. Macko drank it eagerly, because it relieved him greatly. After the second quart he recovered from his delirium; and after the third, he fell asleep; he slept so well that Zbyszko bent toward him from time to time, to ascertain if he was still alive.
"I am looking for no one!" "I will send Zbyszko to thank you and your father. Do you like Zbyszko?" "I have not looked at him." "Then look at him now, because he is just coming." In fact Zbyszko was coming from the stable.
And even if I faint, the abbot will see that I hastened to meet him, and will be more generous." "I prefer your health to his generosity!" said Zbyszko. But Macko was persistent and started for Zgorzelice.
He sat and gazed at her, but she had her eyes closed. But after the lapse of a short time, not more than it takes to say one "Pater" and "Ave Maria," her lips began to twitch a little, and she whispered as though she saw through her closed eyelids: "Zbyszko...." In an instant be threw himself upon his knees in front of her, grasped her emaciated hands, which he kissed in ecstasy.
Zbyszko stood at Danusia's side and began to tell her that from the hill one could see Krakow; at the same time Macko was telling one of the rybalts about the extraordinary strength of the Pan of Taczew, who had broken the spear in Zbyszko's hand, as though it were a dry stem. "And why did he break it?" asked the rybalt. "Because the boy in fun attacked the German."
From the crowd in front, waiting for mass, young Wilk and Cztan of Rogow came forward immediately; but Zbyszko jumped from his horse, and before they could reach her, seized Jagienka and lifted her down from her horse; then he took her by the hand, and looking at them threateningly, conducted her to the church. In the vestibule of the church, they were again disappointed.
In the meanwhile, the ksiondz Wyszoniek was to write a letter from the princess to Jurand and ask him to come to Ciechanow, where he could find better medicine and where he will not weary. Finally, they decided, that Zbyszko and Danusia will go to confession, that the wedding ceremony will be performed during the night, when everybody will retire.
What a pleasure and joy it had been to ask her several times a day: "Do you love me?" and to see how she covered her smiling and bashful eyes, or bent and answered: "Yes, Zbyszko." But now only illness, loneliness and grief would remain, and the happiness would depart and not return.
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