"To this Macko replied:
"That girl used to go to dancing parties with the Germans; but those who took her, fell down and did not rise again."
"And he can stretch a crossbow without a crank!" exclaimed Jagienka.
The abbot turned toward her:
"Ah! Are you here?"
She blushed so much that her neck and ears became red, and answered:
"I saw him do it."
"Look out then, that he does not shoot you, because you will be obliged to nurse yourself for a long time."
At this the rybalts, the pilgrim and the seminarists broke out with great laughter, which confused Jagienka still more; the abbot took pity on her, and having raised his arm, he showed her his enormous sleeve, and said:
"Hide here, my dear girl!"