"Yes, sir."
"What did they want with you?"
"One of them said he would make goyim (gentiles) of us," answered the boy, in his native jargon.
"I see," said Count Drentell, as the truth dawned upon him; "you were taken to become recruits. So you escaped!"
"Please, sir, Mendel and I ran away. We wanted to go home to father and mother."
"Were there more boys with you?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did they run away, too?"
"I don't know."
"There is not much information to be obtained from the child," said Drentell, angrily. Then pointing to the boy's face and arm, he asked: