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Updated: May 4, 2025
As his wife was in the habit of relenting before strangers, so as not to prejudice his office, Grochowski hailed Maciek's arrival gladly, and ordered food for him and milk for the little girl, adding cold meat and vodka to the repast when he heard the news that Slimak's horses had been stolen and that Maciek was applying to him for advice.
Maciek's suspicions lessened when vodka was mentioned. He shook his head and crossed himself, but ultimately decided that one must help one's neighbour, fetched the hatchet and went out with the stranger. He found a one-horse sledge standing near the farm.
He turned and ran at full speed to the Soltys' office. In the course of an hour or two a sledge with some men arrived to remove the bodies. But Maciek's was frozen so hard that it was impossible to open his arms or straighten his legs, so they put him in the sledge as he was.
It was fortunate that the snow lay waist-deep in this spot. The frightened child began its low sobbing, it had always been too weak to cry heartily. Fear was knocking at Maciek's heart. 'Surely, I can't have lost my way? he thought, 'these are our ravines that I know so well, yet I don't see my way out of them.
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