"I do not know; but you must agree that there is a certain moral unsavoriness in the situation in which a man, after committing a wrong, afterwards asks himself or others, 'What can I do?'" "Oh, that was only a façon de parler," replied Krzycki, "for, on the whole, I know perfectly. I will publish the advertisements and with that everything will end. The penance, which the priest at the proper time imposed upon me, I have performed, and I do not intend to make any further atonement." To this Gronski said: "Sero molunt deorum molæ. Do you understand what that means in Polish?" "Having assumed the management of Jastrzeb, I sowed all my latinity over its soil, but it has not taken root." "That means: The mills of the gods grind late." Krzycki began to laugh and, pointing his hand in the direction of the old mill, said: "That one will not grind anything any more; I guarantee that." Further conversation was interrupted by their meeting near the gates two indistinct forms, with which they almost collided, for though the moon had already ascended, in the old linden walk it was completely dark. Ladislaus thought that they were the lady visitors enjoying an evening stroll, but for certainty asked, "Who is there?" "We," answered an unknown feminine voice. "And who in particular?" "Servants of Pani Otocka and Miss Anney." The young man recalled the young girl whose dark head obstructed his view of the lustrous hair of the English woman during the May mass. "Aha!" he said. "Do not you young girls fear to walk in the darkness? A were-wolf might carry off one of you." "We are not scared," answered the same voice. "And perhaps I am a were-wolf?" "A were-wolf does not look like that." Both girls began to laugh and withdrew a few steps; at the same time a bright ray darted through the leaves and illumined the white forehead, black eyebrows, and the whites of the eyes of one of them, which glittered greenishly. Krzycki, who was flattered by the words that a werewolf did not look like that, gazed at those eyes and said: "Good-night!" "Good-night!"