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Warlike preparations for the foray-Protazy's expedition-Robak and

the Judge consult on public affairs-Continuation of Protazy's

fruitless expedition-A digression on hemp-Dobrzyn, the hamlet of

gentry-Description of the person and the way of life of Maciek

Dobrzynski.

Imperceptibly there crept forth from the moist darkness a dawn

with no red glow, bringing on a day with no brightness in its

eye. It was day long since, and yet one could hardly see. The

mist hung over the earth like a straw thatch over the poor hut of

a Lithuanian; towards the east one could see from a somewhat

whiter circle in the sky that the sun had risen, and that thence

it must once more descend to the earth; but it did not advance

gaily and it slumbered on the road.