18
The Way of the Cross
The peasants also approve of the Grodno folk.
—They have fine horses. No comparison with otirs.
The peasant women especially admire the people from Lomzha and Lublin, and cry out:
—What fine clothes! They're dressed up like butterflies! It's beautiful to look at them!
When one sees them first they create a strange impression.
Suddenly amidst the grey line of fugitives are seen—bright patches.
Peasant women come along in bright new shawls.
Ornamental, sumptuous.
With such tired and mournful faces and yet dressed in their festival clothes.
This is the most dreadful of all.
These people have come to the very last.
