“They have not because tatulo before he went to the war said to them: ‘If you fight about Jagienka I do not want to see you any more.’ How could they fight then? When they are in Zgorzelice they scowl at each other; but afterward they drink together in an inn in Krzesnia until they are drunk.”
“Stupid boys!”
“Why?”
“Because while Zych was away one of them should have taken you by force. What could Zych do, if when he returned he had found you with a baby on your lap?”
At this Jagienka’s blue eyes flashed immediately.
“Do you think I would let them take me? Have we not people in Zgorzelice, and do I not know how to manage a crossbow or a boar-spear? Let them try! I would chase them back home and even attack them in Rogow or Brzozowa. Father knew very well that he could go to the war an
