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Updated: June 22, 2025
It is true, they say, that he lives nearer to the church, but on the other hand he has no one to open his mouth to. However, his solitude is not complete. On a warm autumn day, when the white-coated gospodarz is ploughing on the hill with a pair of horses, you can see his wife and a girl, both in red petticoats, digging up potatoes.
He stood still, leant against the railings and turned all his misfortunes over in his mind; now and then the thought that he might still run and buy her back stole into his mind. He suddenly noticed that old Hamer had come close up to him. 'Are you coming to see me, gospodarz? he asked. 'I'll come, if you will sell me fodder. 'Fodder won't help you.
'I might, but on my own terms. 'What are they? 'First of all you will give me back the fifty roubles. Secondly, you will build a cottage on your land for my brother-in-law. 'What for? 'He will keep horses and drive people to and from the station. 'And what am I to do with my horses? 'You have your land. The gospodarz got up. 'Aren't you going to give me any tea?
Is this your land, gospodarz? the grey-haired man asked very politely. 'Of course it's mine, who else should it belong to? Stasiek came running up from the field at that moment and looked at the strangers with a mixture of distrust and admiration. 'And is that your field? the bearded one repeated. 'Stop, Fritz! Is it your field, gospodarz? the old man corrected him.
For the gospodarz was good, thoroughly good; he wouldn't stint, her her and her two little ones. That woman was really too nasty. She didn't deserve such a good husband. Hitherto her mistress had always had her sympathy, but in a sudden revulsion of feeling she now felt much more drawn towards her master. It was a shame how that woman treated him.
Josel looked after them until their footsteps could no longer be heard, then, still smiling, he turned to Slimak. 'Do you see now, gospodarz, that it is a bad thing to take the bread out of a Jew's mouth? I have lost fifty roubles through you and you have made twenty-five, but you have bought a hundred roubles' worth of trouble, for the whole village is against you.
I told you last summer that the hill was mine. 'Then sell it to us, said the man with the beard. 'Wait, Fritz, interrupted the older man. 'Oh bother! are you going to gossip again, father? 'Look here, gospodarz, said the father, 'we have bought the squire's estate. Now we want this; hill, because we want to build a windmill....
'Go away, gospodarz, hurriedly cried the old woman, pushing him towards the door, 'she is getting excited, it isn't good for her. 'Josef! cried Slimakowa, 'come back! Josef, I must speak to you! The peasant hesitated. 'You are doing no good, whispered the schoolmaster, 'she is rambling, she may go to sleep when you are out of sight.
'It's agreed, then, said Gryb, 'and now I'll tell you what you will have to do in return. You will pay a hundred and fifty roubles to Grochowski and a hundred to Josel. Slimak demurred. 'I haven't buried my wife yet. The old man's temper was rising. 'Rubbish! don't be a fool! How can a gospodarz get along without a wife?
Roofs and walls were dripping, the animals' skins and even human souls were saturated with it. Everybody in the gospodarstwo was thinking vaguely of supper, but no one was in the mood for it. The gospodarz yawned, the gospodyni was cross, the boys were sleepy, Magda did even less than usual.
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