'O gray rye, he is digging the earth!'
It is a whole novel. A steed, a noble figure, on her part smiles and tears—they are separated by fate; later they meet, they agree, they are reconciled, and Numa marries Pompilius!"
These last words Augustinovich pronounced with a certain maliciousness.
"Art thou speaking of Lula and Pelski?" asked Yosef, gloomily.
"Yes; Pelski looked at her through curiosity, and she, as thou knowest, is a fair maiden, and that rôle pleased him. Pelski is an ordinary man, an aristocrat,—in one word, zero,—but if she pays no attention to the statue—"
"Yes, if?" interrupted Yosef, catching at the last word.
"But thou—why deceive thyself? It must be all one to thee. Thou art not a child nor a woman; thou hadst full knowledge of what thou wert doing when going to Helena with a declaration."
Yosef was silent; Augustinovich continued: "I say: Pelski is a young man and wealthy, she pleases him very much, and she may not look at the statue; she pleases him,—that is the main thing."
"Let us suppose that she will not consider the statue, what further?"
"In that case Lula will become Countess Pelski."