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Updated: June 30, 2025
Lower down lay the village, still lower the field by the river, in front of them was the manor, with the outbuildings, enclosed by a railing. 'There! that's the manor-house, said Slimak to Stasiek. 'Isn't it beautiful? 'Which one is it? 'Why! the one with pillars in front. Another shot rang out, and they saw a man in fanciful sportsman's dress. 'The horseman of yesterday, cried Jendrek.
'When I was working for the squire at Krzeszowie, and he went bankrupt, just such men as these came and measured the land, and soon afterwards we had to pay a new tax. No good ever comes of anything new. Jendrek returned towards sunset, quite out of breath. He called out to his mother that the gentlemen wanted some milk, and had given him twenty kopeks.
"Jendrek, Marianna," shouted Mr. Tiralla, at the top of his voice. Was nobody coming to take the horses? Where were those rascals sleeping? And the other men, the day labourers, hadn't come yet. The farmer scolded and groaned when he found that he would have to unharness the horses himself and take them to the stable. Mrs. Tiralla went into the room and called the maid.
Instead Jendrek and Stasiek with the dog Burek emerged from the twilight. Jendrek wanted to push her over, but she gave him a punch in the eye. The boys seized her by the arms, Burek followed, and shrieking and barking and inextricably entwined so that one could not tell which was child and which was dog, all four melted into the mists that were hanging over the meadows.
Jendrek returned with the information that he had seen two men in blue overcoats the other side of the bridge. Slimak sat on the bench, his head drooping, his hands resting limply on his knees. The morning light had turned grey, and made men and objects look dull. The gospodyni suddenly looked attentively at her husband. 'Why are you so pale? she asked. 'What is the matter? 'What is the matter?
He wanted to turn towards the house or call Jendrek, but he could only move forward, slowly, as in a dream, then faster...faster; he ran, and disappeared down the hill. The men were singing the third verse of the 'Wacht am Rhein', when they suddenly stopped and shouted: 'Help...help!
He flew out joyfully through the pools of water, delighting in the rainbow-coloured sheaves that were spurting from under his feet; he stood on a plank and punted himself along with a stick, pretending that he was sailing in deep water. 'Come, Jendrek! he called. 'Stop here and go on baling, called out Slimakowa.
When she at last awoke from her uneasy slumbers she found Rosa standing before the little bit of looking-glass plaiting her hair, and from the yard came the clatter of wooden shoes and the rattle of the chain in the well as Jendrek drew up the bucket. "Holy Mary!" cried Marianna, as she jumped out of bed. "Why didn't you wake me, you wretch?" she said to the child furiously.
'Do something for them yourself, she said to her brother in French. 'What are they plotting against me? thought Slimak. The squire now came out and joined the group. Slimak began bowing again, Stasiek's eyes filled with tears, even Jendrek lost his self-assurance. The conversation reverted into French, and the democrat warmly supported Slimak's cause.
He coughed and continued after a pause: 'Everybody wants to be comfortable and live as he pleases, and not as others tell him. It's not pleasant to live in our country, so we've come here. Jendrek brought the milk and offered it to the girl, who gave it to her father. 'God repay you! sighed the invalid; 'the people in this country are kind.
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