'I shouldn't think of paying for that, that's Tomek's business by law and right.'
'… Amen…'
'Amen.'
She made the sign of the cross over the child, wiped its nose with her fingers and went up to her husband.
He whispered: 'We must get him across.'
'Into the house…here?'
'Where else?'
'Into the cowshed; we can lead the calf out and lay him down on the bench, let him lie in state there, if he likes…such a one as he has been!'
'Monika!'
'Eh?'