'I have… a small rumbling in my belly.'
'Who is it?' the beggar man softly inquired of the woman.
'Don't be afraid,' she growled with malice: 'he won't give you a threepenny bit, not so much as a farthing.'
'A farmer?'
'Yes, a farmer, like you: one who goes about the world'—and she took the pot off the tripod.
'And there are good people in the world—and wild beasts—and pigs out of sties…. Hey?' said the beggar man, poking Jasiek with his stick.
'Yes, yes,' answered the boy, not knowing what he said.
'You have something on your mind, I see,' whispered the beggar.
'I have.'
'The Lord Jesus always said: "If you are hungry, eat; if you are thirsty, drink; but if you are in trouble, don't chatter."'