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The Way of the Cross
In the great misfortune that has befallen these fugitives, the peasantry, by their humanity and good-will, have taken upon themselves half the burden of the calamity.
The peasants say:
—The first fugitives really did offend us.
—At first, in a way, they were rude.
Clearly, we ought specially to increase the number of relief stations,
—To lessen all this.
Oh, these relief stations beginning to be built after the fugitives had already arrived!
The peasants were really affronted by the people of Holm province
—The Holm people, these are the ones who were rude to us.
This is the general saying
In Kaluga province, in Mogilef, in Smolensk, and in Minsk.
