“May God be your reward! Already a fortnight has gone by, and she continually lies there unconscious. Only, from time to time, she makes as though she would flee somewhither ... and laments ... and calls upon Yanek.” “And Dominikova, how is it with her?” “She too is like one dead, save that she is always sitting at her side. Ah, she’ll not last long!” “So many ruined lives, O Lord!—And where’s Simon?” “At present, always in Lipka. He has a great burden on his shoulders now, having to take care of two farms.” She put a five-kopek piece in his hand, but he would not take it. “’Twas for my own pleasure I brought her the flask ... and will add a prayer for her besides at the altar of the Transfiguration!—She was ever most kind-hearted, and cared for the poor as but few care!” “Truly and indeed, her heart was very kind ... else she might peradventure have had less to suffer.” The sound of the Angelus rose up from Lipka, with the clatter of carts, the ringing of scythes on the whetstone, and some far-off snatches of song: while the dust, golden in the western air, now began to blur the outlines of cabins and fields and woods. The _Dziad_ got on his crutches, drove the dogs away, set his wallet straight, and started off, saying: “Dear folk, may God be with you evermore.” THE END A NOTE ON THE TYPE IN WHICH THIS BOOK IS SET _This book is set_ (_on the Linotype_) _in Elzevir No. 3, a French Old Style. For the modern revival of this excellent face we are indebted to Gustave Mayeur of Paris, who reproduced it in 1878, basing his designs, he says, on types used in a book which was printed by the Elzevirs at Leyden in 1634. The Elzevir family held a distinguished position as printers and publishers for more than a century, their best work appearing between about 1590 and 1680. Although the Elzevirs were not themselves type founders, they utilized the services of the best type designers of their time, notably Van Dijk, Garamond, and Sanlecque. They developed a type face which is open and readable but relatively narrow in body, permitting a large amount of copy to be set in limited space without impairing legibility._ SET UP, ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. · ESPARTO PAPER MANUFACTURED IN SCOTLAND AND FURNISHED BY W. F. ETHERINGTON & CO., NEW YORK · BOUND BY THE H. WOLFF ESTATE, NEW YORK [Illustration: Publisher’s Logo] Transcriber’s Notes 1. Italic text in the original is delimited by underscores.