10
The Way of the Cross
—We only managed to bring the linen! these are the answers you hear.
You meet the very strangest cartloads.
They sometimes carry—layers of iron.
—The roof!
It was the most valued possession.
—Their cottage had an iron roof!
When they were forced to flee, they took this most valued thing and carried it they knew not whither.
Why?
—It was the most valuable. At the sides of the carts the peasants have slung their kitchen utensils, as gipsies do.
It cuts one to the heart to see these remains of what was lately—only yesterday—opulence and sufficiency.
One often sees enamelled ware
Enamelled kettles, frying-pans, basins.
Suddenly comes a cart with a watering-pot fastened at the side.
