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"That was not the worst: once a certain drunken squire had a

sword fight in Wilno with Domejko and received two wounds; later

that squire, returning home from Wilno, by a strange chance took

the same boat as Dowejko. So, when they were journeying along the

Wilejka in the same boat, and he asked his neighbour who he was,

the reply was 'Dowejko.' Without further ado he drew his blade

from under his winter coat; slash, slash, and on Domejko's

account he cut off the mustache of Dowejko.

"Finally, as the last straw, it must needs be that on a hunting

party things happened thus. The two men of the name were standing

near each other, and both shot at the same time at the same

she-bear. To be sure, immediately after their shots it did fall

lifeless, but before that it had been carrying a dozen bullets in

its belly. Many persons had guns of the same calibre. Who killed

the bear? Try to find out! How can you tell?