33/39 She bent her steps towards Samuel, but the apparition arrested her progress, saying: "It is not he whom you love; it is my history. Do you not see that this is a false Pole? Here it was that this hero grew up. I will relate to you how." Here Samuel put his hand over his mouth, and stammered: "Oh, for mercy's sake, say nothing!" Heeding him not, the apparition continued: "Yes, Samuel Brohl is a hero. For five years he was the pledged lover of an old woman, and he fulfilled all the duties of his post. |