Macko dismounted, then both took hold of him, and carried him to the wagons and laid him upon the soft hay. There, Jagienka and Sieciechowa nursed him. Jagienka observed that he could not carry the cup of wine to his lips by himself so she helped him. Immediately after this he fell into a profound sleep, from which he did not awake till the third day.
Meanwhile they sat down to deliberate.
“To be brief,” said Jagienka, “we must go now to Spychow instead of Szczytno, so that by all means we place him in security among his own people.”
“Look, how can that be carried out,” replied Macko. “It is true that we must send him to Spychow, but there is no necessity for all of us to accompany him, one wagon is enough to carry him there.”
“I do not order it, I only think so, because there we might
