The news of the battle interested Kmita greatly, therefore he asked further: «And do you not know who commanded that squadron?»
«We do not know; but we saw the colonel, for he talked with us on the square, he is young, and sharp as a needle. He does not look like the warrior that he is.»
«Volodyovski!» cried Kmita.
«Whether he is Volodyovski, or not, may his hands be holy, may God make him hetman!»
Pan Andrei fell into deep thought. Evidently he was going by the same road over which a few days before Volodyovski had marched with the Lauda men. In fact, that was natural, for both were going to Podlyasye. But it occurred to Pan Andrei that if he hastened he might easily meet the little knight and be captured; in that case, all the letters of Radzivill would fall with him into possession
