"And if ye tell the whole truth, we can intercede with the king, and commend you to his mercy. He accepts offenders in the infantry, and recommends mercy now to judges."
"In that case," said the man, "I will tell everything. My name is Obuh; the leader of the other band was Kos, and a noble engaged us to fall on your graces."
"But do ye know the name of that noble?"
"I did not know him, for I am from distant places, but Kos knew him, and said his name was Vysh."
The priest and Pan Serafin looked at each other with astonishment.
"Vysh,[[6]] didst thou say?"
"Yes."
"But was there no one with him?"
"There was another, a lean, thin, young man."
"Not they," said Pan Serafin to the priest in a whisper.