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'She is as thin as a lath, whispered Magda. 'She doesn't move or look at us, remarked Jendrek. 'You must feed her from a rag, advised Magda, 'I will find you a clean one. 'Sit down to supper, ordered Slimakowa, but her voice sounded less angry. She looked at the child, first from a distance, then she bent over it and touched its drawn yellow skin.
'Oh, you, Maciek, you will stay, said Slimakowa, 'there must be some one to look after the horses, and if we don't give you your wages one year, you'll get them the next, but we can't do that to Magda, she is young. 'That's true, said Maciek on reflection, 'and it's kind of you to think of the girl first.
He was pale and thin, with red hair and beard. 'Wouldn't you like to rest and have something to eat after your long journey? inquired Slimak. 'I don't want anything to eat, but my father would like some milk. 'Run and get some milk, Jendrek, cried Slimak. 'Meaning no offence, said Slimakowa, 'but you Germans can't have a country of your own, or else you wouldn't come here.
'They do not walk like peasants, said Slimakowa. 'But they are wearing boots up to their knees, said Slimak. 'Look! they are carrying poles, Jendrek cried; 'and they are dragging a rope after them. 'Ah, they must be surveyors. What can they be after? reflected Slimak. 'Surely, they are taking a fresh survey; now, Josef, aren't you glad you did not buy that land? asked his wife.
Slimakowa and Magda helped in the early morning and in the afternoon. On the first day, while the five were working together, and had reached the top of the hill, Magda noticed some men showing against the dark background of the wood, and drew Slimakowa's attention to them. They all stopped work and looked. 'They must be peasants, Maciek said; 'they are wearing white smocks.
'That's so, said Slimak, suddenly getting up. 'Give me my breakfast. What are you crying for? After her passionate outburst Slimakowa had actually broken down. 'How am I not to cry, she sobbed, 'when the merciful God has punished me with such an idiot of a husband? He will do nothing himself and takes away my courage into the bargain. 'Don't be a fool, he said, with his face clouding.
He was surprised to find no one in the room and peeped into the alcove; Slimakowa was lying on the bed. 'What's the matter' 'I'm not well, but it's nothing. 'The fire has gone out. 'Out? she asked vaguely, raising herself. She got up and lighted the fire with difficulty, her husband watching her.
Jendrek was looking for a stone, but his parents, taking notice of the man's deathly pallor and his sunken eyes for the first time, restrained him. 'Maybe they have poisoned him too, whispered Slimakowa. Slimak shrugged his shoulders, not knowing what to make of it. He began to question Maciek: Had anything happened in his absence?
Suddenly Slimak and Jendrek vanished and only Slimakowa remained near him in her unbuttoned jacket which exposed rows of corals and her bare white chest. He closed his eyelids and pressed them with his fingers, so as not to look, but still he saw her, smiling at him in a strange way.
'Give me a thimbleful...Josel's clever enough, anyway...and his brother-in-law is even better...they'll deal with the Swabians...I know what I know...give me a thimbleful...give me a thim... She became incoherent. 'What was that she was saying? asked Slimakowa. 'The usual things she says when she's tipsy. She is in service with Josel, so she thinks him almighty.
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