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His face was so white that it did not much differ from his snow-white hair, and when he bowed on the arm of his chair, with his eyelids closed, he appeared to Hlawa like a real corpse.
"Because I do know nothing, except that the wrath of God is probably upon me." Then Hlawa lifted up his head from the bearskin, sat up and listened with curiosity and attention. And Macko said: "As long as sleep does not overpower you, tell me what have you seen, what have you done, and what success have you had at Malborg?"
But the Bohemian, Hlawa, now approached with two of Zbyszko's retainers in order to take it off from the deceased, therefore the curious surrounded Zbyszko, praising and extolling him to the skies, because they justly thought that his fame would redound to the credit of the whole Mazovian and Polish knighthood.
Hlawa was wide awake and listening; then he whispered to Macko: "They are singing, they shall be destroyed." "But what surprises me is that the woods obscure them from our sight," replied Macko. Then Zbyszko, who considered further hiding and silence unnecessary, replied: "Because the road leads along the stream; that is the reason for its frequent windings."
Finally Hlawa who was impatient at the silence and delay, bent toward Zbyszko's ear and whispered: "Sir, if God will grant, none of the dog-brothers shall escape alive. May we not be able to reach the castle and capture it by surprise?" "Do you suppose that the boats there are not watching, and have no watchwords?"
But Zbyszko was very severely injured, and from time to time blood gushed from his mouth, and this alarmed the ksiondz Wyszoniek very much. He was conscious however, and on the second day, although very weak, having learned from Danusia to whom he owed his life, called Hlawa to thank and reward him.
"Let the servant unsaddle the horses, and you come with me." The order was executed and they went into her room. "Why does Macko leave us here? Why must we remain at Spychow, and why did you return here?" she asked in one breath. "I returned," replied Hlawa, "because the knight Macko ordered me. I wished to go to the war, but an order is an order.
Everything is upon my own shoulders. I shall take Hlawa with me, and two servants, with proper horses and go." "Then to Zbyszko?" asked Jagienka. "Then to Zbyszko," replied Macko. "But you must wait for me here until I return. I also think that I shall not be detained there for more than three or four days. I am accustomed to mosquitoes and fatigue.
Then they explained to him that the unclean spirits are powerless during the daytime. Macko himself was willing to go, but it was finally arranged that Hlawa should venture, because he was a bold fellow, agreeable to all, specially to the ladies. He put an axe in his belt, and in his hand a scythe, and left.
"We must not even think about capturing the castles," said Hlawa. "Because there are no engines of war whatever to attempt it," replied Zbyszko. "Prince Witold has them, but as long as he does not arrive I am unable to capture them, unless by accident or treachery."
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