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2. Alternate spelling of author's name: Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski

IERMOLA

IERMOLA

BY

JOSEPH IGNATIUS KRASZEWSKI

Author Of "The Jew"

Translated By MRS. M. CAREY

NEW YORK DODD, MEAD, AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1891_, By Dodd, Mead, and Co. * * * _All rights reserved_.

CONTENTS.

I. The Land and the People.

II. The Background of the Picture.

III. What there was at the Foot of the Oaks.

IV. First Cares and First Happiness.

V. Set a Cheat to catch a Cheat.

VI. When One Loves.

VII. A New Life.

VIII. Happy Days.

IX. A Visit to the Door.

X. What a Strong Will can Accomplish.

XI. A Pottery at Popielnia.

XII. Paternal Happiness.

XIII. The Gray Mare.

XIV. Improvement and Deception

XV. The Other Father.

XVI. Alone!

XVII. In Bondage.

XVIII. The Last Journey.

XIX. The Drama in the Forest.

I E R M O L A.

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Table of contents (by pages)

• 1: Iermola by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
• 2: Particularly in the dwors 1 of the lesser nobles
• 3: Furnish the principal wealth of the peasants
• 4: The frequent communications which he has with the dwors
• 5: And above all two or three Jews
• 6: Where peace and torpor is inhaled with the heavy air
• 7: And where now a new dwor stands in its place
• 8: The sukmane spotless and whole
• 9: Then one grows accustomed to drinking brandy
• 10: When the cattle were at a safe distance from the wheat
• 11: They carried me by force to the dwor
• 12: And now there is nothing but brush wood
• 13: Our life at the dwor underwent no change
• 14: But what did they care for the dwor
• 15: It was neither a thatched cottage nor a dwor
• 16: Pieces of rubbish all buried together
• 17: The hiding place behind the stove the fireplace
• 18: And still the wailing cry continued
• 19: The baby cried and moaned continually
• 20: So that the old servant of the dwor could say
• 21: And her liking for the nobility
• 22: And a little baby sleeps almost all the time
• 23: There were numberless conjectures
• 24: Who owned the inn of Popielnia
• 25: A cupboard filled with china cups
• 26: In order to be favourably received by the innkeeper
• 27: Perhaps you would sell him your white goat
• 28: Shall we take a drink of brandy
• 29: You must pay the little herdsman
• 30: And let you have the goat for three roubles
• 31: Forcing the goat to obedience by various means
• 32: Replied the astonished old man
• 33: The old man gave a florin to his friend
• 34: Then the creature might waken and cry
• 35: The steward was mounted on a fat little horse
• 36: And as for the piece of cambric
• 37: Then when the cradle was finished
• 38: To the great astonishment of the widow
• 39: Or at least as virtuous as they ought to be
• 40: He never complained of their indifference
• 41: On the occasion of the baptism
• 42: Gave the baby for a few moments to the widow
• 43: And the chorister in the church
• 44: But there was that dreadful rent
• 45: Which elsewhere is given for sixty sheaves
• 46: Using most abusive language to her
• 47: But how about the weaving room and the loom
• 48: There were five pots and a sifter
• 49: And also the degrees of heat in the kiln
• 50: He set out for the dwor of Malyczki
• 51: Even under penalty of his curse
• 52: Repeated the chief of squadron
• 53: Interrupted the chief of squadron
• 54: I came here to beg Procope Ah
• 55: Leaving the brandy on the table
• 56: At this Procope shook his head gravely
• 57: Procope continued to swear and grumble
• 58: The potter of Malyczki kept his promise faithfully
• 59: But Procope was not satisfied with that
• 60: Allows us only to have a presentiment of them
• 61: Procope was not willing to give him his time for nothing
• 62: Procope undertook to watch the fire
• 63: And the good Jewess was only needed to amuse him
• 64: Early accustomed to rough work
• 65: Feeling had elevated and enlightened his mind
• 66: The manufacture of his pottery was not very laborious
• 67: The trade in pottery increased daily
• 68: In order to make glazed dishes
• 69: To learn to make the fine glazed pottery
• 70: He would certainly have preferred to use Chwedko's mare
• 71: Always thinking about the beautiful glazed pottery
• 72: And went trotting through the village
• 73: When she scented a bag of oats anywhere
• 74: Sometimes parents abandon their children forever
• 75: Go and take his dram without any excuse
• 76: Visibly damaged by the wheels of wagons
• 77: Give us a glass of good brandy
• 78: You noticed the shape of our hoods so quickly
• 79: Daub yourself with the glazing
• 80: After having haggled sufficiently
• 81: And other ingredients necessary for glazing the pottery
• 82: And separated the common pottery from the glazed
• 83: Their best glazed and newest shaped pitchers
• 84: But there is a regular upturning at the dwor
• 85: The carriage approached rapidly
• 86: She wept bitterly and wrung her hands
• 87: And kissed him through his tears
• 88: Remained seated on the door sill
• 89: Sometimes his heart leaned toward them
• 90: I have already tasted the bread of servitude
• 91: Very much grieved to leave him
• 92: His weeping eyes dried suddenly
• 93: The porringer from which he ate his meals
• 94: Had nevertheless considerably altered his costume
• 95: Shadowy thread which they shake with their cruel hands
• 96: Who really understood him and would listen to him patiently
• 97: Indignation at the injustice which was done him
• 98: And every time Radionek's ailments were enumerated
• 99: And seating himself on a bench midway of the stairway
• 100: And a little way off the brotherhood with their banners
• 101: Wouldn't it be better for him to go off with a sack and beg
• 102: Wandered from church to church
• 103: The old pear tree which shaded the kiln
• 104: The lord drove me away himself
• 105: Because she was so loaded down with her hemp
• 106: The ground floor was covered with gray mosses
• 107: And Iermola took care to go to the dwor every day
• 108: For he would steal the servants' coarse
• 109: I saw that you put it in your sack
• 110: That I had the manners of a peasant
• 111: Overgrown with mosses and pale grasses
• 112: Roused by the crackling of the flames
• 113: Or else in the vicinity of Pinsk
• 114: A basket in which to put mushrooms
• 115: Alone holds his bones together