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And people, who sometimes out of curiosity looked through the keyhole of the great wooden gates, saw Gregorics, with red ribbons tied round his waist for reins, playing at horses with the child, who with a whip in his hand kept shouting, "Gee-up, Ráró." And the silly old fellow would kick and stamp and plunge, and even race round the courtyard.
The Gregorics Family Many years before our story begins, there lived in Besztercebánya a man of the name of Pál Gregorics, who was always called a tactless man, whereas all his life was spent in trying to please others. Pál Gregorics was always chasing Popularity, and instead of finding it came face to face with Criticism, a much less pleasing figure.
Of course they found the caldron, but what was in it has not become clear to this day, though that was the chief point to be settled in the Gregorics lawsuit, which took up the attention of the Besztercebánya law courts for ten years. It began in this way.
But what made the most impression on every one was, that an ironmonger appeared at Gáspár's house with a bill for a large caldron Gregorics had bought the day before his death, but had not paid for. Gáspár gave a long whistle. "That caldron was not among the things we sold," he said. And he went through the inventory again; but no, the caldron was not there.
Well, as I said before, the three of them rowed out to the "Yellow." As they were landing they struck against a sand heap, and Gregorics, who was in the act of rising from his seat, stumbled and lost his balance, and in trying to save himself from falling dropped his umbrella into the water, and the current carried it away with it.
The poor old fellow was quite right to take his departure, for no one wanted him, no one took any notice of him. He slipped quietly into the next world, just as one ought to do; even during his life he caused no disturbance; he was here, he went, and there was an end of it. But Pál Gregorics went to work in quite a different style.
"Is the old chap mad?" he asked in his lackadaisical way, while the umbrella quietly floated down the stream. "Oh dear no," answered Kupeczky, who, however, was himself surprised at Gregorics's strange behavior. "It's not worth it, domine spectabilis," he added, turning to the old gentleman. "Quick, quick!" gasped Gregorics. Another doubt had arisen in the boatman's mind.
"Did you not hear anything? Listen! Was that the horn?" "I don't think so. I heard nothing." Gregorics pointed to a clock in the next room. "Stop it," he said. "I can't hear anything. Quick, quick!" Anna got on a chair, and stopped the clock. In that moment she heard a sound in the next room, something like a groan, then the muttered words: "I hear the horn!" then another groan.
So Matykó had to own that his master had never been to Bohemia at all, but had always gone to Szeged or to Kolozsvár, where Gyuri had been at school. Oh! that sly Pál Gregorics, how he had cheated his relations! Now it was as clear as day why he had turned all his possessions into money, of course he had given it all to that boy. But had he given it him?
The joy of the Gregorics soon turned to bitterness, for they could not manage to find out where the Bohemian estates were. Gáspár went off to Prague, but came back after a fruitless search. They were unable to find any papers referring to the estates; not a bill, not a receipt, not a letter was to be found. "It was incomprehensible, such a thing had never happened before," Boldizsár said.
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