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The Pole, though famous among the nations because he loves his

native land more than life, is nevertheless always prepared to

abandon it, and to travel to the ends of the earth, to live long

years in poverty and contempt, struggling with men and with

fate-so long as amid the storm there shines upon him this hope,

that he is serving the Fatherland.

They declared that they were ready to depart at once. However,

this plan did not meet with Pan Buchmann's approval: Buchmann,

prudent man that he was, had not meddled in the battle, but as

soon as he heard that they were having a consultation, he

hastened to put in his word; he thought the project good, but

wanted to alter it, to develop it with more precision, to explain

it more clearly, and, first of all, legally to appoint a

commission, which should consider the aims of the emigration, the

means and methods, and likewise various other matters.

Unfortunately the shortness of the time prevented them from

adopting Buchmann's advice. The gentry took a hasty farewell and

at once started on their journey.