'Tea,' the innkeeper replied.
'Then I will have tea too, but let it be as black as pitch, and with plenty of arrac.'
'Have you come to drink tea with us?' Josel taunted him.
'No,' said Slimak, slowly sitting down, 'I've come to find out….'
'What old Sobieska meant,' finished the innkeeper in an undertone.
'How about this business? is it true that you are buying land from the squire?' asked Slimak.
The two gospodarze exchanged glances with Josel, who smiled. After a pause Lukasiak replied:
'Oh, we are talking of it for want of something better to do, but who would have the money for such a big undertaking?'
'You two between you could buy it!'
'Perhaps we may, but it would be for ourselves and those living in the village.'