"What has happened to you?" asked Pan Serafin.
"We have been tracking a wild beast!" replied Lukash.
"Quiet!" said Mateush, giving him a punch in the side, "Do not tell till the time comes."
Then he looked at the priest, at Pan Serafin and his son, and turning finally to Yatsek, began to clear his throat, like a man who intends to speak in some detail.
"Well, begin right away!" urged his brothers.
But he looked at them with staring eyes, and inquired,--
"How was it?"
"How? Hast thou forgotten?"
"It has broken in me."
"Wait--I know," cried Yan. "It began: 'Our most worthy--' Go on!"