«To plunder Radzivill›s property?» asked Zagloba.
«No, but to assemble more men. My squadron and that of Pan Stankyevich will join us. If they are already defeated,--and they may be,--the men will come to us singly. It will not pass either without a rally of nobles to us. We will bring Pan Sapyeha fresh forces with which he can easily undertake something.»
In fact, that reckoning was good; and the dragoons of the convoy served as the first example, though Kovalski himself resisted--all his men went over without hesitation to Pan Michael. There might be found more such men in Radzivill›s ranks. It might also be supposed that the first attack on the Swedes would call forth a general uprising in the country.
Pan Michael determined therefore to move that night toward Ponyevyej, assemble who
