When silence was the only answer, he turned with the most insolent mien to the voevoda: «And thou, dost thou too not know of what rascal the speech is? Dost thou not know? Then pay me a ducat.»
«Here!» said the voevoda.
«God reward thee. But tell me, Krysh, hast thou not perchance tried to get the vice-chancellorship after Radzeyovski?»
«No time for jests,» replied Opalinski; and removing his cap to all present: «With the forehead, gentlemen! I must go to the council of war.»
«To the family council thou didst wish to say, Krysh,» added Ostrojka; «for there all thy relatives will hold council how to be off.» Then he turned to the nobles and imitating the voevoda in his bows, he added, «And to you, gentlemen, that›s the play.»
Both withdrew; but they had barely gone a few steps when an
