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Updated: May 6, 2025
Suddenly Petrik became silent; he drew his comrade aside and pointed with a silent nod of the head toward a cut-down tree lying in the woods. There sat Bacha Filina with his head resting in the palms of his hands as if something were pressing him down to the black ground. "Let us go up to the Bacha," advised Petrik; "he seems to be sad." "Truly very sad," worried Ondrejko.
There is, moreover, something particularly and unnecessarily revolting in Hidaspes' passion for the deformed dwarf, and something forced in the contrast between Leucippus' licentious relations with Bacha at the beginning of the play and the self-righteousness of his later attitude.
The quiet of the holiday was noticeable even on the mountains where, hand in hand, the little comrades walked. They were nicely washed and arrayed in Sunday clothing, because Bacha Filina would not suffer anybody to desecrate Sunday. Everyone who could, had to go to the next town to church, though it was almost two hours' walk. He himself seldom went; he was not able to take long walks.
Yonder in the cottage, Ondrejko's mother was half-alive and half-dead, and from afar her father from beyond the ocean was coming to his child. If he, Filina, would delay here, they might miss each other at the station. Bacha stood up, dusted off his Sunday clothes, put his firm arm around the cross and bent over, as once many years ago!
"Shall I really go for the lady? Will it not be too far for her yet?" thoughtfully asked the boy. "I think not, but you must go slowly." "But she is still so weak, Uncle." "I know it; I have just left her." "Is that so? You saw her? And you just came from there? Did you stop there on the way from town?" Bacha was silent for a moment as if deciding something.
Bacha Filina could not resist that desire. For about a quarter of an hour he kneeled at the cross, and rested his forehead on the stone step. Inexpressible sorrow shook him. It wanted to rob him of his assurance of forgiveness, but in and around him it was suddenly as if somebody sang: "My faith looks up to Thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour Divine!
"Well," said David, "I do not know that it can matter much to the poor klipdachs whether they are shot by us or caught by the bacha, but at all events we will put them out of their suffering as soon as possible. Yet I do not think we ought to throw stones at him. He follows his nature, we follow ours."
Suddenly Bacha Filina arose, and after he had first thanked the Lord Jesus in an audible prayer that He came and also sought and saved that which was lost, he began to explain what they were celebrating, and which pleased him most not only Madame Slavkovsky, but her father also was remaining in the Gemer mountains. He said, "Tomorrow Mr. Slavkovsky will leave for America to bring his wife here.
Bacha brought the book and they had a lovely time in worshiping God. Bacha Filina and those in his household proved it. It was just as if God's blessing had moved to them with Palko Lesina. They all had success in everything they undertook. The boy was ready to help everywhere, and set the house in such order as it never had been before.
I am sure they did not want me to understand, because they spoke English, but they will tell us all about it. Bacha Filina said we shall have a celebration." "We also have a song, such a beautiful one, and that will be sung tonight, and I am sure your parents will like it," said Petrik. It really was a beautiful celebration. First of all, on two spits they roasted two lambs.
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