"Bring me broiled flesh and red wine," she cried, imperiously.
So she could speak and eat again at last!
When Barbara Pirka returned with the cold meat, flavored with garlic, and a flask of wine, Michal sat down at the table and took a long draught, and then she ate, and then she drank again.
"Fill up!" she cried to the housekeeper.
After she had eaten and drank her fill, she turned to Barbara Pirka and said:
"What ought a wife to do who hates her husband?"
"Leave that to me, I understand a little about it."
Then Michal asked a second question:
"What ought a wife to do who loves another?"
"Leave that to me also, I understand a good deal about it."