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'Yes, I grudge him the room, the old man retorted viciously, 'the father is a dolt, let the son be a dolt too. Slimak's regret for the cow was drowned in his anger. 'All right, let them cut her throat, he thought, but remembering that the poor beast could not help his quarrel with Hamer, he sighed. There were fresh lamentations at home; Magda was blubbering because she had been given notice.
'Begging your Reverence's pardon, bowed the Jew, 'but they say in the village, God's anger has fallen on him, so he must die without help. He looked into the priest's eyes as if Slimak's salvation depended on him. His Reverence knocked his pipe on the floor till it broke. 'Then I'll go into the kitchen, said the Jew, and took up his bundle.
'He is no fool, father; he is telling you what I have been telling you from morning till night. The old man took Slimak's hand. 'Gospodarz, he said, pressing it, 'let us talk like Christians and not like heathens. We praise the same God, why should we not agree? You see, I have a son who is an expert miller, and I should like him to have a windmill on that hill.
'To-morrow, Josel said slowly, 'to-morrow Jendrek's trial is coming on for violence to Hermann. 'They'll do nothing to him. 'I expect he will have to sit in jail for a bit. 'Then let him sit, it will cure him of fighting. Again silence fell. The Jew shook his head; Slimak's alarm grew. He screwed up his courage at last and asked: 'What else?
A little cart, scarcely larger than a child's, brought up the rear; it was drawn by a dog and a woman, and conveyed a man whose feet were dangling down in front. 'The Swabians are coming! flashed through Slimak's mind, but he put the thought away from him. 'Maybe they are gipsies, he argued.
After that, with the exception of the yellow dog Burek, no additions were made to Slimak's household, neither children nor servants nor property. Life at the gospodarstwo went with perfect regularity. All the labour, anxiety, and hopes of these human beings centred in the one aim: daily bread. For this the girl carried in the firewood, or, singing and jumping, ran to the pit for potatoes.
The democrat was putting Slimak's case before his sister, and complained of the signs of servility with which he met at every turn. He said they spoilt his temper. 'But what can I do? said the lady. 'Go up to them and give them courage. 'I like that! she said. 'I arranged a treat for our farm-labourers' children to encourage them, and next day they plundered my peach trees. Go to them?
They took up their work again, but did not get on very fast, for they could not resist throwing sidelong glances at the approaching men. It was now quite plain that they were not peasants, for they wore white coats and had black ribbons on their hats. Slimak's attention became so absorbed that he lagged behind, in the place which Magda usually occupied, instead of being at the head of the party.
'Not quite, said Grochowski, 'but he did steal Slimak's. 'What? cried Gryb, and began to lay on to his son again. 'I did, father. Leave off! wailed Jasiek. 'My God, how did this come about? asked the old man. 'That's simple enough, sneered Grochowski, 'he found others as bad as himself, and they robbed the whole neighbourhood, till I winged him.
Despairing at last of making himself heard, he was just going to depart, when Grochowski suddenly confronted him, as if the ground had produced him. 'What do you want, Jew? asked the huge man, concealing some long object behind his back. 'What do I want? quavered the frightened Jew, 'I have come straight from Slimak's.
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