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The mother sat silent for a time, but after awhile she said: "You've referred him to Crappy Zachy. It was at Crappy Zachy's that Josenhans's boy was boarded out." Thus her pronouncing the name aloud showed that her former remembrances were dawning upon her; and now she became conscious what those remembrances were.
Farmer Rodel, whose house with its red beams and its pious text in a large heart over the door, was not far from Josenhans's had let himself be appointed guardian of the orphan children by the Village Council. He made the less objection for the reason that Josenhans had, in former days, served as second-man on his farm.
Amrei drew a deep breath and began: "You may believe me when I say that no child could have thought more about you than I have done, long ago, long before these last days. Do you remember Josenhans, by the pond, where the road turns off to Endringen?" "Surely, surely!" said the two old people. "Well, I am Josenhans's daughter!" "Why, I thought I knew you!" exclaimed the old woman. "God greet you!"
A farmer's daughter who has not taken some poor person by the hand to help her, cannot be a worthy girl remember that. And now, God keep you, and ride forth bravely." As he rode off the mother spoke a prayer to speed him on his way, and then returned to the farm. "I ought to have told him to inquire about Josenhans's children, and to find out what has become of them," said the mother to herself.
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