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He smuggled these lance-points in cases of goods, from

Konigsberg; we will take them, and make shafts at once. There

will be no lack of sabres; the gentry will mount their steeds, my

nephew and I at the head, and--? Somehow we'll manage it!"

"O Polish blood!" exclaimed the Bernardine with emotion, leaping

towards the Judge with open arms; "true child of the Soplicas!

God ordains you to wipe out the sins of your vagabond brother. I

have always respected you, but from this instant I love you, as

though we were own brothers. Let us prepare everything, but it is

not yet time to take the field; I myself will indicate the place

and will inform you of the time. I know that the Tsar has sent

messengers to Napoleon to ask for peace; the war is not yet

proclaimed. But Prince Joseph has heard from Pan Bignon,110 a

Frenchman, a member of the Imperial Council, that all these

negotiations will come to nothing, that there will be war. The

Prince sent me as a scout with instructions that the Lithuanians

should be ready to announce to Napoleon when he came that they

wish to unite anew with their sister, the Kingdom, and desire

that Poland be restored.