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Updated: May 31, 2025
But as the latter pushed her hand away and went on screaming, she looked round like a terrified animal at bay. Jendrek felt quite anxious when he saw his mistress's eyes. "Shall I go to Gradewitz and fetch the doctor?" he asked timidly. "No," cried the woman angrily. And then, rousing herself, she seized hold of his smock and cried, "Are you mad? She's only drunk, only drunk, nothing else."
At first the village people thought that the 'Swabians' were looking for treasure; but Jendrek found out that they were boring holes in the venerable stones. 'What are the idiots doing that for? asked Slimakowa. 'Blessed if I know what's the good of that to them!
He is impertinent to my wife, stirs up the boy, and puts my cap on my head; but he wants to squeeze money out of me, all the same. I knew he would bring me bad luck. Sounds of an American organ which the squire was playing came from the house. 'Daddy, daddy, they are playing! cried Stasiek in great excitement; he was flushed, and trembled with emotion, even Jendrek was affected.
Slimak ran towards the river, and Maciek painfully dragged himself after him. Jendrek overtook him. 'What's up? Where is Stasiek? Maciek stopped and heard a powerful voice calling out: 'That's the way you look after your children, Polish beasts! Then Slimak appeared on the hill, holding Stasiek in his arms. The boy's head was resting on his shoulder, his right arm hung limply.
As the procession drew near, Jendrek heard a woman's voice above the children's shrill trebles, Hamer's guttural bass and the old people's nasal tones; it was clear, full, and inexpressively moving. It made his heart tremble within him. The sounds shaped themselves in his imagination to the picture of a beautiful weeping-willow.
He examined the cow carefully, but could find nothing wrong with her. Jendrek had meanwhile slipped away, his father's temper had cooled, and the matter ended as usual on these occasions. It was the height of summer. The squire and his wife had gone away, and the villagers had forgotten all about them. New wool had begun to grow on the shorn sheep.
'Citizen! cried the cavalier, 'I beg you not to beat the boy...do not crush his independent soul...do not... he would have liked to have continued, but the horse, getting bored, started off again in the direction of the bridge. When he saw Slimakowa coming towards the cottage, he took off his dusty cap and called out: 'Madam, do not let him beat the boy! Jendrek had disappeared.
"Oh, I love those my brother loves," Rosa had replied. "God be with you," said Marianna, in a calm voice, as she shook hands with Jendrek, and put up her mouth for him to kiss. He was going to Mr. Jokisch, so it was not as though he were going far away. "If ever you care to see me, you need only whistle under my window, and I'll come out," she added. Mrs.
I am in your debt; here you are. He handed Jendrek a twenty-kopek piece. 'Is that your father? Citizen, if you want to be friends with me, do not bow so low, and cover your head. It is time that these survivals of servitude should be forgotten; they can only do us both harm. Cover yourself, I beg you. Slimak tried to do as he was told, but his hand refused obedience.
He will be back! Sometimes they told her that you had married another; then she cried." These words made Zbyszko feel very tender; he also felt angry because Danusia had been vexed; therefore he said: "I shall challenge those who said such things about me!" Jendrek of Kropiwnica began to laugh and said: "The women teased her! Will you challenge a woman?
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