These foreign terms were left intact so as to keep to the original flavour of the story.
Explanatory comments found in the author's original text are in round brackets.
Any phrases enclosed in quotes were found in the author's original text. Explanatory comments found in square brackets were provided by the translator. I have never been to Dzialoshitz, and yet I can see it, the town before my eyes. In the first place, somewhere in a document of mine it is recorded that I am a Dzialoshitzer, although I was actually born in the village of Piotrkowice, in Miechow county. Anyhow, whatever could have happened in those days, I'm certain there was a purpose in it.