'But how was it he got drowned?'
'How do I know? He may have slipped.'
'But the water was so shallow he might have scrambled out, only your singing…that was the second time it bewitched him so that something fell on him…isn't it true, Maciek?'
The labourer nodded.
'Did the boy have fits?' asked the schoolmaster.
'Never.'
'And has he never been ill?'
'Never.'
Maciek shook his head. 'He's been ill since the winter.'
'Eh?' asked Slimak.