"What's the matter there?"
"Gosławski has had his hand torn off."
"Gosławski? Is that the fellow who has the pretty wife?" said Ferdinand.
There was a momentary silence. Then somebody murmured:
"How sharp he is!"
Ferdinand regained his senses, and asked, changing his voice:
"Has the doctor dressed his wounds?"
"There is no doctor in the factory."
"Ah, true.... Has the bone-setter seen to it?"
"There is no bone-setter either, now."