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The Seneschal was riding in the middle; the worthy old man was

merry beyond his wont and very talkative. Wishing to amuse the

quarrelsome hunters and to bring them to an agreement, for their

benefit he concluded his story of Dowejko and Domejko:-

"Assessor, if I wanted you to fight a duel with the Notary, don't

think that I thirst for human blood; God forbid! I wanted to

amuse you, I wanted, so to speak, to arrange a comedy for you, to

renew a conceit that I invented forty years ago, a splendid one!

You are younger men, and do not remember about it, but in my time

it was famous from this forest to the woods of Polesie.