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road seemed to him bare, and the atmosphere cold, and on every side were spread grey endless fields, with low standing grass, and as if trampled down. There were spaces full of deep ravines, hollow ways, and sand-pits. Here and there were ditches, some sloppy, others dry, some smaller ones, overgrown with grass, which was already turning yellow, within which was brooding the motionless silent night.
Niemoviecke stifled within him some awakening, heavy feeling of pain, and at the same time of fright, which had fallen upon him.
“No; up till now, we have not lost our way, I know the road. First we will take the field, afterwards will pass through the forest.
“Are you afraid?”
She smiled courageously, and answered:
“No, I am no longer afraid. However,
