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Then General Kniaziewicz took her by the shoulders, and,

imprinting a fatherly kiss on her brow, lifted the girl aloft and

set her on the table; all clapped their hands and shouted

"Bravo!" being charmed by the girl's figure and bearing, and more

particularly by her Lithuanian village attire; since for these

famous captains, who in their roving life had wandered so long in

foreign lands, there was a marvellous charm in the national

costume, which reminded them both of the years of their youth and

of their loves of long ago: so almost with tears they gathered

around the table and gazed eagerly upon her. Some asked Zosia to

raise her head and show her eyes; others begged her to be so kind

as to turn around-the bashful girl turned around, but covered her

eyes with her hands. Thaddeus looked on gaily and rubbed his

hands.