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"May be you are right," said the princess, after a moment of reflection; then she added: "For a long time nobody has given me such pleasure, as this worthy abbot has by this present; and he also calmed my fears about the relics of the Knights of the Cross." "He spoke wisely and well," said Macko of Bogdaniec.
But with them an oath has no value; it is like spitting upon the water. But may the mother of Jesus assist me, that I may be as serviceable to Zbyszko as I have been to Zychow's children, and Bogdaniec...." Here, it crossed his mind, that perhaps it might be advisable not to take Jagienka, because the two Wilks would care for her as the apple of their eye.
"I am not well yet," said Macko, kissing the abbot's hand, "but I came to bow to you, my benefactor; to thank you for your care of Bogdaniec, and to beg you for a benediction, which is most necessary for a sinful man." "I heard you were better," said the abbot, placing his hand on Macko's head; "and that you had promised to go to the grave of our late queen."
He wounded me with the platter, true, but I too have given him such a sound drubbing that his own mother could not recognize him. Fear nothing! Be at your ease. Not even one crow shall be lost at Bogdaniec!" "I see you are upright people. Do you promise me?" "We promise!" both exclaimed. "Upon your knightly honor?" "Upon knightly honor." "And upon your escutcheon?"
He also began to rack his brains for something more of the same nature to tell her; and after a moment he said: "Lady." "What?" "This ... as it were ... I want to say, as the old pan of Bogdaniec also said: 'That the lady there is lost forever, and that he will never find her, even if the grand master himself assist him." "Then she is his wife...." The Bohemian nodded his head.
Formerly there had been much cultivated land in Bogdaniec; but after the battle at Plowce where the family Grady perished, there was a scarcity of working hands; and after the invasion of the Germans from Szlonsk and after the war of Nalenczs with Grzymalits, the formerly rich fields became overgrown with trees. Macko could not help it.
Therefore Macko asked Jagienka about the abbot; how he was; if he was in a good humor or gloomy; what he had said about them; when he was coming to Bogdaniec? She gave him sensible answers, trying to encourage and tranquillize him in every respect.
The Tartars swarm in the world. In case of victory, every knight will capture three-score of them." At this, Macko being covetous for land and serfs, began to fancy: "If I could only catch fifty peasants and settle them in Bogdaniec! One would be able to clear up quite a piece of forest. You know that nowhere can you get as many as there." But Zbyszko began to twist his head. "Owa!
Until the time of his imprisonment in Krakow, he did not realize how dearly he loved this uncle who replaced, for him, father and mother. But now he realized it very well; and he felt that after his uncle's death, life would be very lonesome for him, alone, without relatives, except the abbot who held Bogdaniec in pledge, without friends and without anyone to help him.
If that were so, you would have long ago become the lady of Bogdaniec!" Upon hearing that, Jagienka looked at him with her lovely blue eyes for a moment, then she approached him, and kissed his hand. "Why do you kiss me?" inquired the old knight. "Nothing.... I only wish to bid you goodnight, because it is getting late and to-morrow we must get up early for our journey."
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