"Ah! you are right; you might not get along so easily perhaps as you did with Procope; but Nad syrotojn Boh z kalitojn,"[[7]] she added, "and with the help of Providence, you may be able to succeed."
"That is what I think," said Iermola, rising to take leave of the widow. "To-morrow I will pretend to have a little business, and will go to town; please, neighbour, while I am gone, have an eye upon Huluk and Radionek, and do not let them cut up any pranks. They would just as soon go out on the river in a leaky boat or do some other such silly thing."
"Oh, no; they are very quiet, reasonable boys."
"Yes, certainly they are, thank God; but they are so hot-blooded. If a notion strikes them, they are capable of getting lost in the forest, or jumping into the river. May God preserve us from any such misfortune!"
"But it will be hard to keep them near me."
"Certainly; but you can see what they do, and warn them, neighbour."
So saying, the two old people separated, and Iermola immediately announced to the boy that the Jews in the little town owed him some money for his pottery, and had told him to come for it after the fair was over; and that as he wished to collect all the little sums which were due him, he perhaps would be obliged to remain away some days.
He then enjoined upon both boys to be very good, and work well during his absence, and not to go near the river, or wander in the forest.
"Are you going to walk?" Radionek asked him.
"What do you mean? I surely shall not go in a carriage," answered the old man, smilingly.