Lokis

LOKIS
ab Prosper Mérimée
ID KAWU OS PROFESSOR WITTEMBACH
I
Theodor, iey Poti Professor Wittembach, plais dahte mi tod cadern samt pergamenjilid, ep dwoter gjia, uper id secretaire ; ne tod, sontern id smulk octavo. Ter ho samghat vasya notes os mien 1866 diar, bariem ta qua se refernt ad Graf Szemioth. 
Is professor vohsit sien bril, ed, medsu id profundsto silence, lis quo sehkwt : 
LOKIS
samt tod lietuvan proverb ka epigraph :
Miszka su Lokiu,
Abu du tokiu.
Kun paruit in London id presto tarjem iom Saint Scriptures in lietuvan bahsa, publicim, do id Scientific ed Literar Gazette os Königsberg, un article in-yod sammel laudim ia efforts ios doctios tulk ed ia zakir intentions ios Biblic Societat, io credih dehlge mehlde oik mulayim rhalts eti kauihsim od tod version ghohd ses util tik uni part iom lietuvan populations. Moliet ghi prete id usen dialect im weikers iom dems quer est bahn id jemayt bahsa, yani ios prever hercegdem Jemaytia, bahsa maghses dar prokwer sanskrit quem uberlietuvan est. Tod observation, nespekent ia rhaddeb critiques id mi attraxit ud fulan professor suagnoht in id Universitat os Dorpat, exclarit iens honorable members ios administrationsconcil ios Biblic Societat, ed id ne kung de mi addresse id flatterant proposen om jusaye ed uperwakhe id redactions ios Euanghelios sekwent Matyah do jemayt. Eem tun pior besic ob mien studyes de ia transuralsk bahsas yoitkwe io khiek enderghende un plauter orbat quod habiet compris ia quar Euanghelia. Hoanend-ye ghi mien wehden con Potnika Getrude Weber, gwahsim Kowno (Kaunas) kwahskwnd quanta linguistic monuments drucken we handscriben do jemayt bahsa ghehdiem mi procure, aun neglege, weidwos, ia folkspoesis, dainos, ia narns au legends, pasakos, qua mi dadwient documents pro un jemayt werdskaut, orbat quod dehlgiet bayad precedde tod os tarjem. 
Mi hieb esen dahn un brev pro iom yun graf Michel Szemioth, quos pater, mi eet sigwrn, hiebit possess id fameus Catechismus Samogiticus os Pater Lawiçki, tem rar quem idspet existence buit contestet ab iom Dorpater professor ho-yom just allus. In eys bibliotheque wohs, sekwent ia malumats qua mi hieb esen dahn, un veut collection om dainos, tem quem poesis in id awo prussisk bahsa. Scribus ad Graf Szemioth kay ei bfwendwane id ziel miens visite, io diek ud iom id maedwnst invitation ad spende in eyso chateau os Medintiltas id hol wakt naudht ab mien paursken. Is ensit sien brev saygend-ye mi med id meist graciu weidos od is eet mynder os quasi suabahe jemayt tem quem sienens nowngmins, ed od esiet norocto de yunges sien efforts mienims pro un enderghenden is kwit ka megil ed interessant. Ed kam oiks iom richest zamindars Lietuvas, is eet os protestant agama, quos pastor ho id honor os ses. Io hieb est maunt od is graf ne eet aun sem pinseingbizarria, sonst meg-ye gostprimav, prient om sciences ed letters, ed besonters dabron pro qui keule ia. Fortrohcim ghi do Medintiltas. 
Ep ia frontstieupens ios château, buim sellgwohmt ab iom intendant ios graf, qui me duxit fauran do id appartment preparet kay loge me. 
* Is	Poti Graf, is mi iey, ouzert de mae ghehde dinner con Poti	Professor. Est bolnav ob khaketha, siuge quod way heiht ops iom. Sei	Poti Professor ne eiskwt kem ei buit serven in eys kamer, is	dinnersiet con Poti Doctor Fröber, liek as Potnia Grafin.	Dinnersiemos in oin saat ; ne mutavehsmos. Sei Poti Professor	wehlskwt, en id kinkin.
Is oisgwohm pos dientowus. 
Id appartment eet vast, suameublen, ornen med specules ed kjins. Id uperspohc ex uter gon un garden au petis id park ios château, ex alter id grand curt os honor. Nespekent id warnen « ne mutavehsmos », io credih dehlge ghende ex mien sunduk mien sword vehsmen. Eem in camiss, expackend mieno smulk bagage, kun un woghblosk attraxit me claus id fenster quod uperspohc id curt. Un bell calesche hieb just entren. Id mathmounit un sworddun dame, un poti ed un gwen samt id sam trakh quem ians lietuvanens nowngminas quem buim tentet ad aye iam un desguiset wir. Ia stigh ex ka prest ; dwo alyas gwens, kwecto tem robust, ja stahr ep ia frontstieupens. Is poti se clih kyam sworddun dame ed, ye mieno megil surprise, disiep un plaut werwn quod pag iam aysi sedd in id calesche. Kieusim od id kays tas dame eet meg chapachul, ed od ays alnos ghyant okwi kwohk aunmov : ia tengicit un woxfigure. Pos leuvs iam, eys sokwi wohkwit iam, samt nidohrjt hat ed maung respect ; bet ia kwecto dahsit ei neid attention. Tun, is vols kyans slougas pos dahvs iabs uno mulayim capznayc. Fauran ias tri gwens siz iam sworddun dame ed, speit ays efforts kay antgripes id calesche, rieb iam kam un ptor ed bohr iam endo id château. Tod scene hieb ka weitwoods plur slougs ios dom qui kwohk aye to meg ordinar. 
Is wir qui hieb duct id operation salgih sien saat ed sprohg an vahsit bihe mox dinnern. 
* In	un horquardel Poti Doctor, ei buit antwohrdt.
Ne mi molicit tarke io vis Doctor Fröber, ed od ia sworddun dame eet ia grafin. Yeji ays oumer, io conclus ia eet ia mater os Graf Szemioth, ed kam eet permidto dia iam destull mohld od ays aum eet alteret. 
Oik instants serters, isswo doctor entrit mien kamer. 
* Is	Poti Graf est bolnav, is mi iey, skeulo meswo presente ad Poti	Professor. Som Doctor Fröber. Maaf de bignohe un mualim quos merit	est gnoht ab vasyens qui leis id Scientific ed Literar Gazette os	Königsberg. Vos esiet amat kem vos bihiet servet ?
Io antwohrd bilkull beirst eysims compliments, ed ei sieyg od, sei eet dinnertid, eem parato de sehkwe iom. 
Yant entram id mejeina, un oberkellner nos anac, sekwent id nordswehdos, un argwrnt tepji beklas med liqueurs ed oik saldic ed meg spissic mets seuwtil appetitt. 
- Permitte mi, Poti Professor, mi iey is doctor, vos recommande, ka liek, un glas tos starka, druv Cognac eau-de-vie, pon quargim yars in id butt. Est id mater iom liqueurs. Eddte ghi un Drontheim anchova, neid ghehdt kreins ghyane ed prepare id digestive tract, importantst organ... Ed nun, smad meje ! Ma ne smad bahe deutsch ? Ste ex Königsberg, ego ex Memel ; yed ho studyet in Iena. It sessiemos leurer, ed i khadims, qui sagve tik polec ed rusk, nient prete nos. 
Mejam preter silent ; dind, pos drehnkus un prest glas Madeiravin, io sprohg iom liek an is graf eet frequent-ye bolnav ob id zayfia quod beghsih nos eys presence. 
* Ya	ed no, antwohrd is doctor ; to dependt ia excursions is kwehrt.
* Qua	tar ? 
* Kun	kwehrt itner kye Rosienye, mathalan, is reic' samt khakethe ed gver	dumos. 
* Ioswo	ho gwahn Rosienye aun lik accident. 
* To	est due, Poti Professor, antwohrd is gleihnd-ye, id fact yu ne ste	enliubhen. 
Io kwohster mehnend-ye de Potnika Gertrude Weber. 
* Iaghi	fiancee os Poti Graf weict in Rosienye ? Ieyim.
* Ya,	in id atraf. Fiancee ?... Woidim neid de. Un druv kharnika !	Ia leuseihsiet iom eys aum, kam quo wakyit eysi mater. 
* Credeihmghi	od Potnia Grafin est... sieug ? 
* Ia	est foll, dorgv Poti, fol ! Ed ego som is follst, ob gwehmus	hetro ! 
* Smad	spehe od vies gohd ilaja ay redahsient sieune. 
Is liekar scussit sien capo parchehxend-ye id color uns glas Bordeauvin is dohrj in sien hand. 
* Ego	quom yu vidte, Poti Professor, eem chirug-major in id Kaluga	regiment. In Sevastopoli eems ex aghyern do vesper segend brakhs ed	jambs ; ne udwekwno ia bombes qua gwohm kam muschi kyun skohnen	ekwem ; yed, dusloget, duspiut, kam eem tun, ne me plictissim	kam her, quer io meje ed drehnko id leckerst, quem som loget kam un	peurst, samt un salair os hofliek... Ah, lure, dorgv Poti !	Fikert ghi od ob tam diablin neti ho un moment pro me !
* Est	ia betrusen pondiu viesi experience ? 
* Minter	quem dwo yars ; bet est foll pon lytst-ye dwogimsept, yant pre	id gnahsa ios graf. To ne vos narren in Rosienye ni in Kowno ?	Kleute ghi, ob est un fall de-yod scripskwo sem dien un article in	id Medical Journal os Saint Petersburg. Ia bihsit foll ob	paur...
* Ob	paur ? Quosmed est to possible ? 
* Ex	un paur ia subih. Ia est ex id familia os Kestutis... Oh ! In	cid dom, ne dusghament. Descendent ex Gediminas... Also, Poti	Professor, tri diens... au dwo diens pos sien wehden, quod muss in	cid chateau quer dinnerms (prosit!)... is graf, pater cios, abgwaht	saysum. Nies lietuvan potnias sont amazones, kam yu woid. Iaschi	grafin gwaht saysum... Ia man' caudi we udreidt iens venors... Io ne	woid quoter... Gohd ! Stayg vidt is graf arrive rusches argist	iom smulk kosak ias grafin, un dwodemat au quardemat magv. 
* « Mayster »,	is sayct, « Un urx rapt iam Potnia ! »
* « Quetro	tar ? » sayct is graf. 
* « Tetro ! »	deict is smulk kosak. 
* Id	hol partie reidt quetro is kyeust ; nia grafin ! Ye uter	gon ays strangulen ekwis, ye alter ays kyurk in kentha. Biht	paursc', biht venet bachimien. Bad scriet un venor : « Her	gwehmt el urx ! » Elghi urx tohr un lawc, dar sehlkend	iam grafin, aundwoi kay gwahe praessum iam samt comfort in un tegut,	tighi animals sont gourmetes. Dinnernt gairn in pridem, kam ies	munks. Sesneubmen pon dwo diens, is graf eet baygh rittersk, is	uperfiellskwt iom urx, dagaghesor ; bet, dorgv Poti, un	lietuvan urx ne sint leuds transbaure iom kam un kerv. Noroc-ye, is	seise ios graf, un destull khiter goil, tem makhmour ye tod dien	quem is khiek enderkwites un diork ud un cuincule, strehl' med sien	carabine unte meis quem cen' stieups dalg, aun kaure de woide an id	glonce heihiet iom gver au iam gwen...
* Ed	is gvohn iom urx ? 
* Yaghi.	Tik drehnkniks ghehde strehle lika. Sontschi predestinet glonces,	Poti Professor. Hams her brukhs quoy pehrne sems po prabh pris... Ia	grafin eet baygh grobosvurnt, bayaldisset, way naturelika, uter jamb	brohgen. Biht tobohrn, ia disbayaldisset ; bet aum hieb slit.	Biht wohghen do Saint Petersburg. Megil consultations, quar lieks	adornen med vasya ordens. Saygent : « Potnia Grafin	kyuheiht, ays orneuwen siet shayad bestehme un ryowkhowo crise. Ke	biht gwupen in sell air ruri, samt tenkel, codeine... » Ielgi	bihn' dahn centen rublyen. Nev munts poskwo, ia grafin gehnt un wal	pwarn ; bet id ryowkhowo crise ? Ah ya !.... Id rage	redoublet. Id graf ay deict ays son. To semper effect... in romans.	« Neicte iom ! Neicte iom gver ! » scriet ia ;	ia vahsit brehge eys coll ! Tuntos, alternations om stupid	follia au furieus mania. Skeulmos diehnes iam kay bringhes iam	dworis. Tehrbmos tri kreptic slougas kay dare iam. Lakin, Poti	Professor, plais notet tod fact : quando neti woidim quod	kwehre kay ia me obedeiht, iam tehrgo de sege ays kays. Prevst,	suppono, id eet meg bell. Kharenmenos ! Eno sens' mensckhisses	hat aptermant. Kwe ne goil ? Sei ghehdiem instrumente to	kamlibt, kad kaylsiem iam. 
* Quosmed	tar ? 
* Plagelnd-ye iam. Ho kaylt it dwogim nowngminas in un	weik quer hieb udbrohct tod furieus rusk follia, id gaheulos ;	oin gwen heult, ays sokwnia naheult. Pos tri dens, id hol weik	heult. Pelu plagelvs ians, ho uperwohndt ians (Emte ghi un yerub,	son' melsk). Is graf hat naiwo vol' ke peitiem. 
* Kam	tar ? Volte yu ke consentiet vies abominable ilaj ? 
* Oh !	Is hat tem pau gnohn sien mater, eti est pro eys brungos ; yed,	saycte mi Poti Professor, habiete yu aiwo crediht od paur ghehdiet	leusihes aum ? 
* Id	situation ias grafin eet gargic... Pehde inter ia noghs talgios	gver ! 
* Yed	ays son ne samkwehct iam. Minter quem oin yar prever hat is wohsen	exact-ye in id sam lyoga ed, dank sien chienjwakow, hat is nohs'	daumos-ye. 
* Ex	ia noghs uns urx ? 
* Uns	urxias, ed ias bulandstias diutos vis. Is graf hat uperfallskwn iam	dorughesor. Fu ! Med un revers, ia arct id doru, empunc' Poti	Graf ed xeubht iom ghomtro tem facil-ye quem volveihiem tod botel.	Is, haraf, simulet mohrt... Ia urx hat nust, nust iom, poskwo,	instet xehne iom, linct iom. Is hieb akel de ne move, ed ia hat	abstohmpt. 
* Ia	urx hat credihn is eet mortu. Hoghi klun ti gvers ne praedde	cadavers. 
* Zaruri	est credihes to ed abstehme experience to personal-ye ; bet	dayir paur, sinte me vos narre un storia ex Sevastopoli. Eems penk	au six ambh un potire bir quod nos hieb esen just brighen apter id	ambulance ios fameus nastion adadh 5. Is straj criet : « Un	bombe ! » Wey quanti skandmos ghom brous ; no, ne	quanti : Officier... oh, est inutil sayge eys nam... un yun	officier qui hieb just arriven bayna nos nastahsit, just kun id	bombe explos. Id spranct id cap miens orm driug Andrei Speranski, un	brav pwarn, ed brohg id potire ; noroc-ye, eet edvas tuich.	Quando stahsam tsay pos id blast, vidmos medsu id sword dum nies	prien' qui sorpsit id sens' slung siens bir, kamsei neid habiet	wakyen. Iom credihsam un heroy. Posdini, io incontre Hetman	Ghedeonov, qui sielg id hospital. Is mi sayct : « Io	dinner con vosmee hoyd, ed kay celebre mien reiken, paygho id	champagne. » Seddmos claus meja. Is yun officier ios bir eet	ter. Un botel biht aunstuppen prokwem iom... Paf ! Id stupper	heiht eys temper. Is emitt un crie ed kheiss' newal. Credeihte od	mien heroy hieb haben ifrat paur ye preter ker ed od, sei is hieb	drohnken sien bir instet skande brous, est ob is hieb lust sien aum,	ed ob ei etilkwit tik oin machinal mov quod is ne conscicit. Elghi	mensc est un machine, Poti Professor...
* Poti	Doctor, iey un khadim entrevs id sall, ia Jdanova sayct od Potnia	Grafin ne eddskwt. 
* Kem	is diabel todreibht iam ! Grumel is liek. Dehlgo tetro. Quando	habsiem eddihn mien diablin, Poti Professor, kwe maghiemos, sei vos	esiet amat, lyt likes préférence au duratschki ?	
Io express ei samt regrets io ne siegv, ed, kun is hieb abgwahn kye sien sieugu, io stigh do mien kamer ed scripsim do Potnika Gertrude. 
II
Id noct eet warm, ed io hieb likwn ghyant id fenster quod uperspohc id park. Scribus mien brev, nel-ye swehpskwnd, io vichohx ia lietuvan irregular verbs ed pieursk in sanskrit ia causes iren different sonterkweits. Medsu tod orbat quod absorpsit me, un dru destull nieber miens fenster buit gvaltic-ye sroht. Io ieur turs ozda cracke ed mi kwohk od semis meg-ye gwaur animal pit glehme tetro. Dar meg beswurghen ab ia urxenstorias is liek mi hieb narren, stahsim ub, ne aun un certain apprehension, ed oik peds dalg ud mien fenster, in id brem ios dru, io dyohrc uno mensccap, alnos beluct ab mien lampe. Id prehpen durit tik unte oin instant, bet id aunsam arg iom okwis qua incontreer mien spect ubfiell me meis quem sagviem sayge. Mien corpos involuntar-ye movit retro, dind io curs kyid fenster ed, med un strehng ton, io sprohg iom intrus quo is volit. Lakin, is oistighit ghom in hol hast ed, seizend un taungh ozd med sien hands, is se sis hange, dind skande ghomtro, ed fauran disprohp. Io swohn ; un khadim entrit. Ei narrim quo hieb just wakyet. 
* Aundwoi	proe-rhalt Poti Professor.
* Som	yakin de quo saygo, gwut io. Baym est un fur in id park. 
* Impossible,	Poti. 
* Tun,	est semquis ios dom ? 
Is khadim disstier aun mi antwehrde. Is visprohg me an iter wohlskwim iom. Io sieyg ei clude id fenster ed lyohgim do crovat. 
Io meg suaswohp, aun drehme de urxens ni de furs. Ye id aghyern, eem zalavend me, kun mien dwer buit oistuden. Io ghyien ed wohs face uno meg buland ed bell yuwen, in bukharo khalat, ed dehrjend in sien hand un long tyrk pipe. 
* Gwehmo	ad prehge ke me pardonte, Poti Professor, de tem duspreimus un gost	kam vos. Som Graf Szemioth.
Io spohd ad antwehrde od io dohlg, bilax, danke iom humil-ye de eyso schungjin gostprimieve, ed io sprohg iom an eys khakethe hieb likwn iom. 
* Edvas	ya, iey is. Tiel un nov crise, gwut is sat un trist wajkho. Ste yu	tolerable-ye her? Plais mehmte od ste bim barbars. Anghen ne tehrpt	ses difficil in Jemaytia.
Ei sigwrim io khiss daumost-ye. Sammel quem eem wehkwnd iom, io khiek mi stambhes dyies iom med un curiositat ioswo pohndim nedohbro. Eyso spect hieb semjecto stragno quod mehmih me protievol tod ios wir quom perdini io hieb viden glehme id dru...
* Bet	ma tar, io sieyg in me, od Poti Graf Szemioth glehmti drus nocts !
Eyso chol eet hog ed sunder quayque lyt angh. Eys traits eent unios megil regularitat ; tik, eys okwi eent pior prokwem mutu, ed mi kwohk od, ex uter dakrughelgh do alter, ne tehlpiet oin ok, kam naudht ab id canon iom hellen sculptors. Eyso spect eet nafiz. Nies okwi incontreer mutu plurs protievol, ed weybo diswohrt ia samt un certain embarasse. Fauran, is ilaynd graf scricit : 
* Yu	me habte recogniht !
* Recogniht ?	
* Ya,	yu me habte surpris ghes, menxu io hieb glewos. 
* Oh,	Poti Graf ! 
* Io	hieb passet id hol dien meg bolnav, kyalbohnden in mien maktab. Ye	id vesper, kheissend waler, ho spasseren in id garden. Ho vis luce	in vies kamer, ed ho cess ad curiositat... Habiem dohbhen dahe mien	nam ed me presente, bet id situation eet tem joking... Ho aygven ed	mwaungsoun... Siete yu pardone me ob steurbus vos medsu vies orbat ?	
To hol eet sayct med un ton quod iskwit ses elangver; bet is erudh ed eet okwivid-ye bfuyow. Io kwohr quanto depensit me kay persuade iom io hieb gwupt neid ghyalir pondos tos prest incontren, ed kay bragvye tod topic, io sprohg iom an is druv-ye possess id jemayt Catechisme os Pater Lawiçki. 
* Maghses ;	bet kay sayge vos druve, ne pior gnohm id bibliotheque miens pater.	Is kiem veut buks ed rartats. Ego tik leiso moderne wehrgs ;	bet siemos paurske, Poti Professor. Yughi volte ke leismos id	Euanghelium in jemayt ?
* Ne	mehnte yu, Poti Graf, od un tarjem iom Scriptures do id bahsa tos	land esiet meg eiskwet ? 
* Sigwra ;	yed, sei yu acceptet mi permitte un smulk observation, vos saycsiem	od, bayna i leuds qui ne sagve alyo bahsa quem jemayt, ne est oin	quel sagv' lises. 
* Maghses ;	bet prehgo Vies Excellence ke poitto kauihes iom od id megs'	difficultat kay uces lises est id mank buken. Quan id jemayt gaivia	habsiet un drucken texte, eiskwsient lises id, ed eucsient lises	id... To hat ja wakyen ad pelu yeambans... aun kwitskwes it i	weikers tos land... Eti, gwut io, kwe ne est un deplorable ject od	un bahsa disprehpt aun linkwes traces ? Pon trigimtia yaren, id	prussisk est neid meis quem un mortu bahsa. Ia senst anghen	qua siegv kernewic mohr nuper...
* Trist !	Interrup is graf. Alexander von Humboldt narrit mieni pater is hieb	gnohn in America un papagall quel saul wois oik werds ios bahsa uns	teut nundiens alnos destruct ab dow. Permittiete yu ke chay biht	bright hetro ? 
Menxu pohsam chay, tolkam de id jemayt bahsa. Is graf blami kam i Deutschi hant drucken lietuvan, ed is sieyg prabh. 
* Vies	alphabet, iey is, ne dehbh' nies bahsa. Yu habte neter nies J, ni	nies L, ni nies Y, ni nies E. Ho un collection om dainos publien	peruti in Königsberg, ed mi alnos moliet skwites ia werds, tantghi	stragn-ye sont orthographt.
* Vies	Excellence tolct aundwoi de Lessners dainos ? 
* Ya,	est meg fade poesis, kwe ne ? 
* Kad	habiet kreins trohft. Samstehmo od, kam id est, tod kitab hat un	pur-ye philologic interesse ; bet credeihm od sei biht	suapaursct, ghehdiemos kwahe swader flors bayna vies folkspoesis. 
* Way !	Meg dwoim de, nespekent mien hol patriotisme. 
* Oik	hevds prever, mi buit dahn in Wilno un druve-ye bell doina, eti	historic... Ids poesis est skaun... Mi permittiete yu ke vos id	leiso ? Ho id in mien portfeuyl. 
* Meg	libter. 
Is sess deub do sien foteuyl pos sib udprehgus ud me id permission os dumes. 
* Comprehendo	poesis tik deumend-ye, iey is.
* Ids	titule est Ies Tri Sunus os Budrys. 
* Ies	Tri Sunus os Budrys ? Scricit is graf samt un surprise mov.	
* Ya.	Budrys, Vies Excellence woid to kreins quem ego, est un historic	person. 
Is graf stier ad me med sien aunsam spect. Semject indefinible, sammel timid ed lyut, quod dugh un quasi muschkil pondos, quando anghen ne hieb viswohdt to. Io spohd ad bilises kay skape to. 
IES TRI SUNUS OS BUDRYS
In id ghehrd siens castell, veut Budrys kalt sien tri sunus, tri druv Lietuvans kam is. Iens wehkwt : 
« Purts, foddert vies maurks, paratte voster seddels ; kwehnte voster sabers ed javelins. Inwert Wilno biht weir declaret contra ia tri wangwls ios mund. Algirdas siet marche contra iens Ruskens ; Skirgayla contra nies nieber Polecs ; Kestutis uperfallsiet id Deutsch Orden. Ste yun, nert, serbese, gwahte weightum : ke Lietuvas divs vos protege ! Hoyar, niem campagne, yed vos dahskwo un radh. Ste tri, tri itners ghyahnt ant vos. 
Oin ex vos hamrahtu Algirdas do Russ, ana lac Ilmen, pod Novgorods murs. Kormentwacs, broschgodwehbs, lyehgent ter plukwid. Bi iens tajirs tant rublyes quem yegils in id fluv. 
Is dwot sehkwtu Kestutis in eys reiden. Kaydtu id cruceit woghlo ! Ginter, ter, est ir marsand ; ira draps, per ir lampertat ed ir colors, sont aunegal. Sont rubins in ia povestis iren prystern. 
Is trit uperreidt id Niemen con Skirgayla. Ocolo, trehfsiet vil aralats. Punor, maghsiet chuses gohd lances, nert schilds, ed mi bringhsiet tetos unu snus. 
Ias piegs Polskas, purts, sont ias bellstas niesen kapts. Frolic kam catas, kwit kam smantan ! Sub ir sworda brovs, ir okwi bleige kam dwo stars. Quan eem yun, un pwolsecule prever, ho brighto tsay ex Poslka un bell kaptu qua buit mien esor. Diuper mohrit, bet khako spehce kye tod gon ios hem aun mehne de iam ! » 
Blaght iens yuwens, quoy ja sont armen ed ep seddel. Fortrehcent : osyern gwehmt, dind ghim... Ne reikent. Ja veut Budrys iens ayt mortus. 
Gwehmt uno sneigvstorm ; un reider reuscht proscher, tegend med sien sword burka sem precieus behrmen. 
* Est	un sack, ayt Burdys. Pehldt med Novgorods rublyes ?...
* No,	pater. Vos bringho unu snus ex Polska. 
Medsu uno sneigvstorm, gwehmt un reider proscher ed eys burka oidt ep sem precieus behrmen. 
* Quod	est tod, purt ? Ginter ex Deutschland ?
* No,	pater. Vos bringho unu snus ex Polska. 
Sneigvo fallt in firtinas ; un reider gwehmt prosch kehlend sub sien burka sem precieus behrmen... Bet, pre is hat dict sien lwon, Budrys hat kwayso sien prients uni trit nuptia.
* Tabrick !	Poti Professor, scricit is graf : yu pronuncet jemayt	daumos-ye ; bet quel vos hat communiet tod jamile daina ?
* Un	potnika quam ho habt id honor os bignohe in Wilno, bay peurstin	Katazyna Paç. 
* Ed	yu kalte iam ? 
* Panna	Iwinska. 
* Potnika	Iulka ! Scricit is graf. Ia smulk foll ! Habiem sollt	tarke iam ! Mien dorgv professor, yu sagvte jemayt ed vasya	alim bahsas, yu habte list vasya awa buks ; bet yu vos habte	sist mystifie ab un smulk pieg qua hat lisen tik romans. Ia vos hat	tarjen, do un meis au minter correct jemayt, oin iom jamile doinas	os Micliewicz, quod yu ne habte list, ob ne est veuter quem ego. Sei	yu eiskwte, vahm vos dikes id in polec, we, sei yu preferte un	excellent rusk tarjem, vos dahsiem Puschkin. 
Itirafo io remien alnos hayran. Quod un joy pro iom Dorpater professor, sei habiem publien ka genuin id daina iom sunus os Budrys ! 
Instet habe glewos de mien embarasse, is graf, samt nafassat politesse, spohd ad diswehrte id conversation. 
* Also, iey is, yu gnohte Potnika Iulka ?
* Ho habt id honor os bihe presentet ay. 
* Ed quod mehnte yu de, ste frank. 
* Est un baygh maedwn potnika. 
* Yaghi ! 
* Ia est meg jamile. 
* Oh !
* Quod tar ? Kwe ne hat ia bellst okwi tienxia ?	
* Ya...
* Un	cuit os druve-ye extraordinar kweitos ?... Mehmo un parsi	rhasal quer un maaschouk celebret id fayntat ios cuit siens parika.	« Quan ia drehnct rudhvin, ayt is, biht viden srues unte ays	gurgule ». Panna	Iulka	me mehneiht de ta parsi stiches. 
* Kad porc' Potnika Iulka tod phenomen ; yed ne pior	woidim an hat sehrg in sien veines... Ia hat neid kerd... Es' kwit	kam sneigv ed srig kam id ! 
Is oistahsit ub ed gigwahsit semwakt unte id kamer aun bahe ed kwecto kay kehle sien emotion ; dind, fauran stahndo still : 
* Pardon, iey is ; eems tolkend, credeihm, de	folkspoesis...
* Yaghi, Poti Graf. 
* Zaruri es' samstehme od ia hat meg jamile-ye tarj'	Mickiewicz.... « Frolic kam un cata,... kwit kam smantan,....	ays okwi bleige kam dwo stars... » Est ays portrait. Ne	pehndte yu ? 
* Kheptenn, Poti Graf. 
* Dayir tod joc... aundwoi meg exterdohbro.... ia orm	magv se plictisset bi un veut tante... Ia act un conventsgwit. 
* Ee-salct in Wilno. Ho vis iam in un bal dahn pro iens	officiers ios regiment os....
* Ah ya, yun officiers, en id societat qua dehbht iam !	Glihes con oin, churlise con alter, kwehre iam kharen face	quantens.... Vidskwte yu id bibliotheque miens pater, Poti	Professor ? 
Iom sohkwim tiel uno mier galerie quer eent maung buks samt gohd jilids, yed rar-ye ghyanen, kam ghohd bihe kohnsen yeji id duil quod stohg ir papiergons. Kam megil buit mien joy kun oino iom presten jasamats quod traxim ex un schkafs wohs id Catechismus Samogiticus ! Io khiek mi stambhes emitte un plaisure crie. Sigwra bunct uno mysterieus attraction sien influence newissab nos... Is graf ghens id buk ed, pos un pichen perleisus id neglect-ye, scripsit ep id prepage : Pro Poti Professor Wittembach, schohnken ab Michel Szemioth. Khako expremes her id augos os mien scharikia, ed io spons in ment od pos mieno mohrt tod precieus buk bihiet id ornement ios bibliotheque ios universitat quer brugim graduation. 
* Plais ayte tod bibliotheque ka maktab, mi iey is graf,	yu naiwo sessiete ter sturben.
III
Posdini, pos obedd, is graf mi proposit spassere. Lit de visite un kapas (it i Lietuvans kale ia kurgans) meg maschour in land, ob xiawngja poets ed brukhs, quoy eent sams, samghieteer ter unte sem solenn waurmens. 
* Ho, iey is, un meg mliak ekwum ad schehnke vos ;	regreto mae ghehde wehghe vos in calesche ; in druve, id wegh	quetro vahms rides est nel-ye andhet ab woghs.
Habiem milen mane in id bibliotheque kay eme notes, bet io credih ne poitte expremes alyo desire quem tod os mien genereus mejban, ed acceptim. I ekwi skohpt nos pod ia frontstieupens ; in id ghehrd, un ambikwol dier un kwaun in lein. Is graf stopit unte oin instant ed, volgend kye me : 
* Poti Professor, connaisste yu kwauns ?
* Meg pau, Vies Excellence. 
* Is starost os Zorany, quer ho araszi, mi yeist tom	epagneul, de quom sayc' daumos. Permitte yu mi ke iom vido ? 
Is kiel iom ambikwol, qui ei brigh iom kwaun. Eet uno meg bell biest. Ja familiariset con tom wir, is kwaun skans vessel-ye ed kwohk pehlde med gwis ; yed, oika stieups dalg ud iom graf, dehsit sien swayp inter sien jambs, gvohmb retro ed buit kwecto hiht ab sem fujato terror. Is graf bruk iom, quo heulih iom lamentable-ye, ed, pos dyeivs iom unte sem wakt med id ok uns connaisseur, sieygit : 
* Credeihm sessiet gohd. Bihtu kaurn de iom.
Dind is sess ep seddel. 
* Poti Professor, mi iey is graf, yant buam in id avenue	ios chateau, yu habte jus' vis id paur tos kwaun. Ho volt yu buat	weitwodd per vosswo... Ka mualim, yu dehlcte explie enigmas... Ma me	baynt animals ?
* In druve, Poti Graf, yu mi kwehrte id honor os me aye	un Oedipus. Som tik un orm professor os comparative linguistique.	Kad...
* Kaute, interrup is, od naiwo bato ekwens ni kwauns.	Mien kerd aghnuiet sei beichiem un orm biest quel hat committen un	scharara aun woie. Yed, yu ne sagviete credihes id aversion io	inspire ekwims ed kwaunims. Kay swehdihes i me, tehrbo dwis meis	jakhd ed wak' quem alyis neudiet. Mathalan, is ekwo yu reidte, ho	tohrben diu pre demnehe iom ; nun es' mliak kam un owo. 
* Credeihm, Poti Graf, od animals recogneihn' firasat, ed	od aunstehge fauran an un anghen quel vident ye id prest ker hat we	ne gus' dia i. Suspeco yu kamte tik animals ob vos servicent ;	bilax, oik leuds hant un natural kamen pro certain biestens, qui	bedyehrce to fauran. Mathalan, ho pon miegve un instinctive	predilection pro cats. Rar-ye mwaungsoun' quando gwehmo proscher kay	brukes i ; naiwo me hat un cat noght. 
* To es' meg possible, iey is graf. Neghi ho quo est	kalen gus' dia animals... Ne ghehldent pau meis quem mensci... Vos	duco, Poti Professor, do un forest quer, ye tod saat, dleht id	biestenwaldh, id matecznik, id magno matrix, id grand fabric	im sesen. Ya, sekwen' nies national traditions, nimen hat sonden ids	anun, nimen hat ghohden nake id centre tos shienrlin ed tom	jauzaeks, ploisko, weidwos, Potis Poets ed Brukhs, quoy penetren'	quantloc. Ter gwive in respublic i animals... au sub un	constitutional gouvernement, ne woidiem sayge quoter. Lions, urxi,	eleins, jubri, son' nies urus, suabeiden' mutu. El mammwt,	quel hat-se conserven ter, est meg ayt. Est, credeihm, marschal ios	majlis. Hant un meg strehng police, ed, quan trehvent sem eak biest,	judcent ed exilent el. El pehdt tun ex feber do chaldagh. El skeul'	venture do menscenland. Pauks nehse. 
* Meg curieus legend, scricim ; bet, Poti Graf, yu	tolcte del urus ; tel noble animal quel Ceasar hat describen in	De Bello Gallico, ed quel meroveching roys sieyd in id forest	os Compiegne, kam ho klun ? 
* Sigwra. Mienswo pater hat gvohnen un jubr, samt	permission ios gouvernement, weidwos. Yu habte ghoden vide eys cap	in id kielken. Ego ho naiwo viden oin, credeihm od jubri son'	meg rar. Punor, wolfs ed urxi gwive her plukwid. Pro un possible	incontren con oin tom potis ho brighen tod instrument (is dik un	cherkess chekhol is bohr omskingen), ed kata id arkwn os mien	seise hanct un dwostrehl carabine. 
Biridam do id forest. Mox, id meg angh paund quod sohkwam iti disprohp. Ye cada moment, wey skul tournes ambh enorma drus, quom ghem ozda kyimeer nies upergumt. Oiks, mohrn ob geros ed supihn, nos anaceer kam un wall cronen med un ligne om cheval-de-frises impossible ad uperrides. Alyer, incontram deuba pouls tegen med nilufars ed wedlinses. Dalger, wey vis lawcs quom graso schimmrit kam smaragds ; bet way ad quel venturiet etro, todghi riche ed drughavo vegetation kehlti daydey mudhtehoms quer ekwis ed ekwot sehnkient proaiwo... Ia difficultats ios itner hieb interrupt nies conversation. Io alnos kieur de sehkwe iom graf, ed admirim id imperturbable zirekia quosmed se guidit aun compass, ed retrohv semper id dohbro direction kyid kapas. Okwivid-ye hieb is diu says in ta wild foresta. 
Dyohrcam bad id kurgan in id centre uns plaut lawc. Eet meg alt, perambhen med un dar suavisible grov nespekent vraghs ed klep. Idwert hieb ja bihto dohlft. Atopp, kieusim ia etiloikwa uns imara ex petra, ex qua oiks eent calcinet. Un notable wakel os bur blanden ad ghiul ed cer ed ter ostrecs om grouba poteries schahideer od sem ogwn hieb esen posdohrjen unte muhim wakt. Sei fid eet daht ad folkstraditions, menscenmauls habient esen celebren xiawngja ep ia kapas ; bet ne eet druve-ye sem sesgwesmen religion hieb-yei est anadeht ta abominable rites, ed dwoim an ghehdiet bihe justifiet lik opinion dia i awens Lietuvans med historic weitwoddias. 
Stigham ghom id kurgan, is graf ed ego, kay retrehve nies ekwens, quens hiebam likwn ocolo id grov, kun wey vis gwehme kyant nos un anua kneigvend ep un gazd ed dehrjend un corbh in ays hand. 
* Mien sell swamens, ieyit ia nos proscher, plais dahte	mi charitat pro id liubh ios sell Div. Dahte mi kafi kay mi kaupo un	glas eau-de-vie kay warme mien orm corpos.
Is graf lancit kyam oin sildbwr ed sprohg iam quo ia kwohr in id bosc, tem dalg ud quodkwe weikmen. Ka antwehrd, ia ei dik sien kist, quod pohld med baungs. Quayque miena gnohsas de botanique sonti meg begrancet, mi kwohk od plurs tom baungs bieygheer iadic gensa. 
* Sell gwen, ay ieyim, yu ne eddskwte ta, spehm ?
* Mien sell swamen, antwohrd ia anua med un tristo smeih,	pauper leuds edde quantum is sell Div dahsit. 
* Yu ne gnohte nies lietuvan stomaks, gwut is graf ;	hant un jersten khastar. Nies nowngmins edde quanta baungs i	trehvent, eti leite waler. 
* Bariem stambhte ay guses agaricus necator, quod	vido in ays kist, scricim. 
Ed rexim mien hand kay ghende oino iom iadicst baungs ; bet ia anua retrotraxit onu sien kist. 
* War, ieyit ia med un dekhschatston ; sont	guarden... Pirkuns ! Pirkuns !
Pirkuns, ke prisaygo, est id jemayt nam ios divtat i Ruski kale Perun ; is Dieupter tonans im Slavs. Buim men surpris ab aure iam anua invoque un pagan div, buim de meis ab vide ia baungs lyehge ub. Id sword cap es un serpent sielg tois ed lud unte lytst-ye oin ped ex id kist. Io skiend retro, ed is grap spiusit uper sien omso sekwent id superstitieus adet im Slavs, qui credeihnt ithan diswehrte malefices, swod i awens Romans. Ia anua pos id kist ghomtro, hockit nieb ; dind, samt hand regen kyel serpent, ia swohr oik nepretable werds qua swohn kam un soitos. El serpent remien still unte oino minute ; dind, slehnkend ambh id lagaro brakh ias anua, abrep do id armel os ays owin yinpingia quod con un khako camiss kwecto compos id hol trakh tas lietuvan Kirka. Ia anua spohc nos samt un lytil triumphgleimen, kam una muschabad qua habiet just parkwohrt un difficil janter. Eet in ays firasat tod mix om fayntat ed stupiditat quod ne est rar bim pretens brukhs, pleistims sammel dupe ed birbant. 
* En, mi sieyg is graf in deutsch, un mustra os local	color ; un yasa qua charment un serpent, pod un kapas,	in presence uns alim professor ed uns ignoran' lietuvan arel. To	esiet un jamile subject os jorpineg pro voster samlandan Knauss...	Wehnte yu ke vos ramalt ? Yu habte her un bell waurmen.
Io ei antwohrd io preferim behrge me ud lik praxis. 
* Meiliem, gwutim, sprehge iam an ia woid sem detayl de	id curieus tradition de quod mi tolkat. Sell gwen, ieyim ay anua, ne has tu klun de un deil tos	forest quer gvers gwive in koim, ignorend menscenwaldh ? 
Ia anua nuk ed, samt sien pwolbelog, pwolharaf lytil gleimen : 
* Gwehmo tetos, ieyit ia. I gvers hant lust ir roy.	Noble, is lion hat mohrn ; i gvers vahnt elege alyo roy.	Gwadi tetro, kad sessies roy.
* Quod es tu saygend, mater ? Scricit is ilaynd	graf. Suawoidst tu quom wehkws ? Neghi woidst od Poti est...	(kam iblis sayct anghen « professor » in jemayt ?) Poti	est un megil mualim, un sage, un waidelote. 
Ia anua spohc iom samt attention. 
* Saygo ghaw, ieyit ia ; tuge dehlcs gwahe tetro.	Sessies ir roy, ne is ; es buland, es nert, has noghs ed	dents...
* Quod maynte yu de ia epigrammes ia nos abyeist ?	Mi iey is graf. Woidst id ieun, lytil mater ? Sprohg is iam. 
Ia dik ei med sien hand un part ios forest. 
* Yaghi ? Gwut is graf, ed id muraisch, quosmed	pliehcs tu tehre id ? Yu woidsiete, Poti Professor, od ye id gon ia deict iti	lyehct un aunupergum' muraisch, un lac ex liquid mudh covohr' med	glend gras. Peruti, un kerv vurnt ab me hat-se xubh' do tod jauzaek.	Ho viden iom sehnke lent-ye, lent-ye... Pos dwo minutes, io vis neid	meis quem eys brent ; mox hol disprohp, ed dwo mienen kwauns	con iom. 
* Bet ego ne som gwaur, ieyit ia anua cakhinend-ye. 
* Credeihm ne tib moliet tehre id jauzaek, ep un	firschastolg. 
Un grassabsblix luc in ia okwi ias anua. 
* Sell swamen, ieyit ia emend-ye tsay id obsequieus ed	naselant ton im taskars, ne habies tu un pipe tabak ad dahe uni	pauper gwen ? Tib esiet seller, gwut ia med khafi voc, paurske id id	upergumt ios muraisch, quem gwahe Dowghielly. 
* Dowghielly ! Scricit is ereudhend graf. Quod mayns	tu ? 
Io khiek mi stambhes kaue tod werdo dieugh ep iom un aunsam effect. Is eet okwivid-ye embarasset ; is clih sien cap ed, kay kehle sien trouble, emsit maung wakt pro ghyane sien kissat, hangend kata id hamand siens daga. 
* No, mae gwahas Dowghielly, gwut ia anua. Ia smulk kwit	columbh ne te bayght. Kwe ne Pirkuns ? 
Ye tod moment, id cap ios serpent sielg per id colnier ios veut yinpingia ed is oistrohc tiel id aur siens potnia. Is reptil, aundwoi dohmt pro tod tamsil, sroht sien ghyanus kamsei is bahiet. 
* Is sayc' bahm prabh, gwut ia anua.
Is graf dehsit do ays hand un quat os tabak. 
* Me gnohs ? Sprohg is iam.
* No sell swamen. 
* Som is zamindar os Medintiltas. Gwehm ad vide me	semdien. Tib dahsiem tabak ed eau-de-vie. 
Ia anua kuss ays hand, dind abgress. Unte oin instant buit ia extervid. Is graf remien pensive, nodend ed disnodend ia spartaks os sien sack, aun pior woide quo is kwohr. 
* Poti Professor, mi iey is pos un destull-ye long	silence, yu vahte goile me. Sa veut skelma me gnoht kreins quem ia	pretendt, ed id itner ia mi hat jus' dict... Pos hol, es' neid meg	stauneihnd in to hol. Som maschour in id land. Ia skelma me hat vis	meis quem oins untitner kyid chauteau Dowghielly... Est ter un	wehdtu potnika : ia hat concluden som enliubh' de... Dind filan	jamile pwarn proe-smeurt ays pam kay mi mehldiet sem sinister	aventure... To hol est evident : yed, speit meswo, ays wekwos	me emove. Som quasi dekhschaten ab id... Yu gleihte ed acte prabh...	Id vertat est od hiebim plan' gwahe prehge ke dineriem in chateau	Dowghielly, ed nun io hesite... Som un megil foll ! Vedim, Poti	Professor, decidte per vosswo. Kwe gwahsiemos ?
* Inkaro habe sem mayn, io antwohrd ei, gleihnd-ye. De	gham naiwo dahm radh. 
Hiebam jointo nies ekwens. Is graf skans dexios kyep seddel, ed, sinend ia oulers falle, is oiscricit : 
* Is ekwo siet chuses pro nos !
Is ekwo ne kung ; is entrit fauran uno smulk paund quod, pos plur detours, joinit un strad, duxit-yod do Dowghielly. Pos oin pwolhor eems ant ia frontstieupens ios chateau. 
Ob id blosk niesen ekwen, un jamile blond cap prohp apter un fenster inter dwo cortins. Io recognih iam lughav tarjmantin os Mickiewicz. 
* Ste sellgwohmen ! Ieyit ia. Yu ne miegh gwehme	meis waurmen-ye, graf Szemioth. Ho jus' recepen un rogv ex Paris. Yu	niete recognihes me, tantghi bell sessiem.
Ia cortins zaghyahr. Steighend ub ia frontstieupens, is graf sieyg inter sien dents : 
* Sigwra, ia ne probirit tod rogv pro me.
Is mi presentit ad Potnia Dowghiello, iam tante as panna Iwinska, qua me prim con sellsto namos ed mi tolkit de mien akhir articles in id Scientific ed Literar Gazette os Königsberg. 
* Poti Professor, iey is graf, gwehmt ad schikaye ad vos	de Potnika Julienne, qua ei hat infligen un renk.
* Ia est un magv, Poti Professor. Ia tehrp' bihe	pardonen. Yu ops me desperet med sien follias. Sixdemat eem io	kemaller quem ia ka dwogimat ; bet ia remant fundamental-ye un	sell pieg, ed hat vasya solid qualitats. Ia es' meg gohd musician,	pinc' divin-ye ia flors, ed suabaht kathalika franceois, deutsch,	italian... Ia altiet...
* Ed ia kwehrt jemayt stiches ! Gwut is gleihnd	graf. 
* Ia khact ! Scricit Potnia Dowghiello, quay tohrbit	bihe explien id birbantia aysias neptia. 
Potnia Dowghiello eet doct ed gnohsit ia antiquitats os sien land. Ays conversationo me plaisit aunsam-ye. Ia maung lis nies deutsch revues, ed hieb meg sauna notions de linguistique. Itirafo ne bedyohrc id wakto quod Potnika Iwinska tohrb kay due ; bet id kwohk long ad graf Szemioth, qui stahsit ub, sess tsay, spohc per id fenster ed stiempit med sien finghers ia schibs kam un wir qui leust patience. 
Bad, pos tri horquardels prohp, sohkwn ab sien franceois gouvernante, Potnika Julienne, vehsend samt grace ed myndert un rogvo quos descriptiono naudhiet competences meg superior mienims. 
* Ne som io bell ? Sprohg ia iom graf revolvend-ye	lent-ye kay is ghohd vide iam bachimien.
Ia spohc neter iom graf ni me, ia spohc sien rogv. 
* Kamtar, iey Potnia Dowghiello, ne sellamats Poti	Professor, qui schikayt de te ?
* Ah ! Poti Professor ! Scricit ia samt un	lytil charmanto mu, quod tar ho io kwohrn ? Vahte yu punihes	me ? 
* Puneihiemos nosswo, Potnika, ay antwohrdim, sei	beghasciemos vies presence. Som dalg ud schikaye ; io me	gratule, bilax, de manthus, dank vos, od ia lietuvan mauntaia	regnaht brillianter quem aiwo. 
Ia clih sien cap ed, dehnd sien hands ant sien lige, kaurnd-ye mae sturbes sien kays : 
* Indeulcte mi, niemeti ! Ieyit ia med id ton unias	magvias qua hat just klohpten murabbas.
* Vos indeulcsiem, dorgv Pani, ieyim ay, bad kun yu	habsiete parkwohrn sem promiss yu mi kassiem in Wilno, bay peurstin	Katazyna Paç. 
* Quod promiss ? Ieyit ia, spehcend-ye ub	gleihnd-ye. 
* Yu habte ja myohrst id ? Yu mi hieb promitten od,	sei samghatiemos in Jemaytia, yu mi skauiete sem landsdans de quod	yu sieyg daumos. 
* Oh ! Ia russalka ! Ter som nraveihnd, ed en	wir-on tehrbo. 
Ia curs kyun table quer lyohg musiccaderns, uperspohc id samt precipitation, dehsit id ep id pult uns piano, ed, wehkwnd sien gouvernante : 
* Hayte,	dorgv atmen, allegro	presto.
Ed iaswo kien, aun sedde, id ritornell kay dikes id movment. 
* Gwehmte perodh hetro, graf Michel ; ste pior	Lietuvan kay ne suadanse russalka ; … yed danste kam un	nowngmin, kwe ne ?
Potnia Dowghiello pit interproteste in vain. Is graf ed ego insistam. Is hieb sien sababs, eys rol in tod dans eet amatst, kam vidsiemos mox. Ia gouvernante, pos oik peitens, sieyg ia credih ghehde kane tod genis valz, kam stragn id buit, ed Potnika Iwinska, ardehvs oik stols ed un table qua habient ghohden kyimes iam, ghens eys partner per id colnier os eys roube ed brigh iom medsu id salon. 
* Yu woidsiete, Poti Professor, od som un russalka,	servus.
Ia kwohr uno megil ikhtiram. 
* Un russalka est un wedornymphe. Est oin in ta quan'	pouls plen med sword wed qua ornen' nies foresta. Mae gwehmte prosch	iam ! Ia russalka salct, dar jamiler quem ego, sei to est	possible ; ia dreibh' vos do id budmen quer, sekwent hol	apparence, vos praeddt...
* Un druv sirene ! Scricim. 
* Isge,	gwut Potnika Iwinska deikend-ye graf Szemioth, est un yun peisker,	meg belog, qui se exdeht mienims noghs, ed ego, kay durihes id	plaisure, vahm fascine iom dansend-ye lyt ambh iom... Ah ! Bet,	kay suakwehre, tehrbiem un sarafan.	Sayang !...	Plais excuset tod rogv, aun caracter, aun local color... Oh !	Ed vehso schous ! Impossible danse russalka samt schous !	… ed dar khaker samt takouns ! 
Ia ieyrit sien rogv ed, scuttend med maung grace un jamile lytil ped, riskend dikes lyt sien jamb, ia yisit sien schou do id bud ios salon. Alter sohkwit preter, ed ia mien ep id pelp samt sien silken choraps. 
* Hol est parat, ieyit ia ay gouvernante.
Ed id dans inkiep. 
Ia russalka tournt ed retournt ambh sien partner. Is rect sie brakhs kay sizes iam, ia snehct subter iom ed skapt iom. To est meg-ye gracieus, ed id music hat movment ed originalitat. Id figure endt kun, iom reider credeihnd sizes iam russalka kay dahe ay un kuss, ia klaupt, plact eys oms, ed is fallt pod iam kam mortu... Bet is graf improvisit un variante, quod buit oistringes iam birbant in sien brakhs ed druve-ye kunes iam. Potnika Iwinska emiss uno smulko crie, erudh maung ed gwahsit falle ep un sofa samt un gomric protiokwo, schikaynd-ye od is habiet sohrt iam kam is urx is eet. Io vis id comparationo ne plaisit iom graf, idghi mehmih iom un familia bieda ; eyso chol dusk. Ego dienk akster-ye Potnika Iwinska, ed laudim ays dans, qua mi kwohk habe uno meg antique kweit, memmnend ia iser dansa im Hellens. Buim interrupen ab un khadim mehldend iom general ed iam peurstin Veliaminov. Potnika Iwinska klieup ex id sofa kye sien schous, dub hast-ye tetro siena smulk peds ed curs kyant iam peurstin, quay ia kwohr unte oin schtoss dwo ghem ikhtirams. Kieusim od ieters ia slah ub handug-ye id gonwehbh os sien schou. Is general brigh dwo aide-de-camps ed, kam wey, gwohm ad budes waurmen-ye uni chifan. In ceter lando mehno od un demspotnia habiet esen semkam embarasset de primes sammel six inexspectet ed pitulasni gostens ; bet tem sont id abundance ed id gostprimieve iom lietuvan doms, quem id dinner ne buit chitayt, kehnso, unte meis quem un pwolhor. Yed eent piora chald ed srig pateits. 
IV
Id dinner buit meg vessel. Is general nos dahsit meg interessanta detayls de ia linguas bahn in id Cavcase, ed ex qua uters sont arya ed alters turani, quayque inter ia different irks est un skaun conformitat om mores ed swohds. Ioswo skul tolke de mien safers, ob, Graf Szemioth me gratulevs de mien ekwotkerdos, ed mi saygus is hieb naiw incontren sakerdot ni professor quel ghehdiet rides tem dexios quem quo hiebam kwohrt, io dohlg ei explie od, esus maimour ab id Biblic Societat med un orbato de id bahsa im Charruas, hiebim spens pwolquart yars in id respublic Uruguay, quasi semper reidend ed gwivend in ia pampas, bayna i Indians. It buim io ducen ad narre od me forreidus unte tri diens in ta aunend aykwsa, ni habend spieja ni jlampohn, io hieb skulen kwehre kam iens gauchos con me, yani sehrgihes mien ekw ed pohe eys cruor. 
Vasyas dames emiss un horrorcrie. Is general gwut i Kalmuks kwohr id sam in lik extreme situations. Is graf sprohg me kam lecker hieb io pohndt tod scharab. 
* Moral-ye, antwohrd io, mi buit meg kados ; bet,	physic-ye, io lit meg wal dank id, dank tod ho io id honor os dinner	her hoyd. Maung Europays, mayno blanks, qui han' diu gwiwt con	Indians viswehde id eti vipreihnt id. Mien excellen' prient, don	Fructuoso Rivero, president ios respublic, leust rar-ye id waurmen	os satisface tod gust. Mehmo od sem dien, gwahnd id congress in	grand uniform, is rid pri un rancho quer un jabak bihsit	sehrgiht. Is oistopit, stighit ghom ex seddel kay sib udprehge un	chupon, un seugen ; poskwo swohr is oin om siena meist	eloquent logsa. 
* Vies president est un keapay monster ! Scricit	Potnia Iwinska. 
* Pardonte me, dorgv Pani, ieyim ay, est un meg	mumtase wir, os un superior ment. Is baht daumos-ye plur meg	difficil indian bahsas, bilhassa id charrua, ob ia aunnumer	formes emen ab id verb, sekwent ids direct au indirect regime, eti	ia social sibias inter i tolkend leuds. 
Vahsim dahe oik kafi curieus detayls de id mecanisme ios charrua verb, bet is graf me interrup kay sprehge me quer tohrbeer bihe sehrgiht ekwi quando anghen pohskwit iro cruor. 
* Bihakkillah, dorgv professor, scricit Potnika Iwinska	samt un protiokw os comic dekhschat, mae saycte to ei. So wir	neiciet sien hol grajd, ed eddiet nosswo quando neti habsiet	ekwens !
Pos tod mleusa, ias dames likw id meja gleihnd-ye, kay gwahe prepare chay ed cofie, menxu deumiemos. Pos oin horquardel, Poti General buit mandet do id salon. Wey quanti sohkwskwam iom ; bet nos buit sayct od tas dames voleer tik oin wir unte ein ker. Mox, ieuram ex id salon honar ilays ed handclacks. 
* Potnika Iulka kwehrt jocs, iey is Graf.
Is-pet buit mandet ; nov gleimens, nov applausa. Buit mien roig pos iom. Quan entrim id salon, vasya enokwa simuleer gravitat quod ne eet meg-ye kjigiau. Exspectim sem kapan. 
* Poti Professor, mi iey is general samt sien officialst	wajkho, tas dames sigwrnt od nos hams fordrohnken do ir champagne,	ed sient nos admittskwe bi ians bad pos un ordeil. Leit de gwahe	perodh samt vidbohndt okwi ex medsu id salon do tod wall, ed touche	id med id fingher. Yu vidte id re est simple, tik zaruri ghange	seid. Ste yu in stand os respecte un seid ligne ?
* Mehno ya, Poti General. 
Fauran, Potnika Iwinska nodit un handchirk ant mien okwi ed sohr id kreptic-ye aptos. 
* Yu stahte medsu id salon, ieyit ia, recte vies hand...	Gohd ! Vato yu niete touche id wall.
* Marchet... perodh ! Iey is general. 
Tik penk au six stieups eent kwehrtu. Io stohmb meg lent-ye, persuaden od incontriem sem seil au tabourett, gaddar-ye placen ep mien itner kay me kwehlpihes. Io ieur stupt gleimens qua ieug mien embarasse. Bad, io credih ses alnos prokwem id mur kun mien fingher, quod rexim perodh, entrit fauran semject srig ed viskeus.Io fried ed skiend retro, quod ilayih vasyens prispehcers. Io rohv mien rica, ed dyohrcim prokwem me Potnika Iwinska qua dohrj un pot os mielt quetro io hieb snigen mien fingher, credeihndo touche id wall. Mien consolation buit vide bo aide-de-camps subihes id sam ordeil, ed ne performe kreins quem me. 
Unte id rest ios epoin, Potnika Iwinska ne stopit sien frolic dumos. Semper goilav, semper birbant, ia nud auter oin au alter ka ziel sienen scherzen. Io kieu lakin ia wohkw opsst-ye iom graf qui, dehlgo sayge, naiwo se vexit, eti kwecto prihsit aysa jocs. Bilax, quan ia usit uter aide-de-camp, is brovit, ed io vis eys ok bliges med tod sombre jar quod druve-ye hieb semjecto dekhschatic. « Frolic kam catas ed kwit kam smantan » : mi kwohk od scribus tod stiche hieb Mickiewicz portraitskwn panna Iwinska. 
V
Wey sgwohm kafi sert. In maunga mier lietuvan doms, se vide un schungjin bestehgs,bell meubles, precieus Pars kelims, ed ne sont, kam in nies dorgv Deutschland, gohda ptorcrovats propontu uni straki gosti. Riche au pauper, arel au nowngmin, un Slav sagvt meg suaswehpe ep un plank. Id chateau Dowghielly ne est un exception tei prabhil. In id kamer quetro buam, is graf ed ego, duct, eent tik dwo sakhtiancovohrt sofas. To pau me dekhschiet, ar, in mien safers, io hieb lyohgen ops ep bare ardh, ed lyt goilim ia exclamations ios graf de id mank os civilisation eysen samlandans. Un khadim gwohm ad disuwnihes nos nies bauts ed nos dahsit pantoffels ed khalats. Is graf, pos oisdus sien povesti, gigwahsit silent unte sem wakt ; dind, stopend ant id sofa quer ja io lyohg : 
* Quod mehnte yu, is mi iey, de Iulka ?
* Iam pehndo charmant. 
* Ya, bet tem kharen !... Credeihte yu ia hat	druve-ye gus' pro tom lytil blond hetman ? 
* Iom aide-de-camp ?... Quosmed ghehdiem io woide ?	
* Est un menach !... Isghi soll' plaise gwens. 
* Io nege tod conclusion, Poti Graf. Volte yu ke vos	saygo id druve ? Potnika Iwinska mehn' meg meis de plaise Graf	Szemioth quem vasyens aide-de-camps ios armee. 
Is erudh aun mi antwehrde ; bet mi kwohk mien wekwos hieb ei dahn un sensible plaisure. Is etighieng unte sem wakt aun bahe ; dind, spehcus sien saat : 
* Yallah, iey is, nos esiet sislew swehpe, ob est sert.
Is ghensit sien bunduk ed sien kardi, qua hiebam sklas do nies kamer, ed dehsit do un schkaf quos cleich is oistraxit. 
* Volte yu gwupes id ? Mi iey is mi uperdehnd-ye id	ye mieno megil surprise ; maghiem myehrse id. Sigwra, yu habte	meis memoria quem ego.
* Id gohdst wassila mae myehrse vies armes, ieyim ei,	esiet dehe ia ep tod table, prokwem vies sofa. 
* No... Druve-ye, ne kamo habe armes prokwem me quando	swehpo... En id sabab. Quando io drieukht bi iens hussars os Grodno,	io swohp semdien con un driug, mien pistols lyohg ep un stol bi me.	Unte id noct, bihm protiebuden ab un udstohna. Io hieb un pistol in	hand ; io hieb strohlen, ed id glonce hieb pluct ye dwo incha	pri id cap miens driug... Ho naiwo mohmt id drehm io hieb haben. 
Tod anecdote lyt me troublit. Eem nun assuren de mae dake un glonce do mien cap ; bet, quando dyisim id buliende, id heraklei pletwos os mien sokwi, eys nerveus brakhs qua un sword wong tohg, io khiek mi stambhes recognihes od is eet perfect-ye in stand os me strangule med sien hands, sei habiet un khiter drehm. Yed, io me bohrg ud ei dikes id lytsto sweurgh ; lakin placim un luce ep un stol bi mien sofa, ed io bilis Lawickis Catechisme, quod hiebim brighen con me. Is graf mi vienschit sellnoct, se ster ep sien sofa, volvit ter penkwens au sixens ; bad, is kwecto biswohp, quayque is comglauwern kam Horaces cofferbohndto maaschouko qui touchet sien cap med sien bughta genus : 
Turpi clausus in arca, contractum genibus tangas caput...
Ex tid do tod kwohster is gwis-ye, we aurihsit un genos os nerveus kharkhar quod anadehsim ei stragni position is hieb widt kay swehpe. Kad oin hor passit katha. Ioswo biswohpskwim. Io clus mien buk, ed me arrangim bilkull beirst ep mien couch, kun un guway cakhin os mieno nieber me trehsih. Io spohc iom graf. Eys okwi eent cluden, eys hol corpos krus, ed ex eys enderghyanen lipps oiskiep oik payn articulen werds.
* Meg fresch !... meg kwit !... Is professor ne	woid quo is sayc'... Ekwo ghehld' neid... Quod un lecker schtuk !
Dind is bidohnkit med hol ghyanu id culcin quer lyohg eys cap, ed sammel, is emiss un genos os tem honar baub quem is protiebud-se. 
Ego mien still ep mien sofa ed simulim swehpe. Yed observim iom. Is sess ub, ghnih sien okwi, kwohster trist-ye ed remien unte quasi oin hor aun mithes darmen, kwecto absorpto do sien reflexions. Eem lakin baygh bfuyow, ed spons in me naiweti swehpe nieb Poti Graf. Unte id duren, yed, strieke uperwohnd anxietat, ed, kun anghen entrit nies kamer ye aghyern, weybo swohp deub. 
VI
Pos obedd, wey rik Medintiltas. Ter, trehvus Doctor Fröber saul, io sieyg ei credihsim od is graf eet sieug, od is hieb keapay drehms, kad eet swehpghanger, ed od is ghohd ses dangereus in tod stand. 
* Ho bedyohrct to hol, mi iey is liek. Speit sien	athletic organisation, es' nerveus kam un jamile gwen. Kad hat is	heritet to ud sien mater... Ia buit iblis peigher todeghern.. Ne	maung credeihm in storias om paurs ed wehnsa am kyuheihnd gwen ;	bet quo est yakin, est od ia grafin es' maniak, ed mania est	transmissible per aserng...
* Bet is graf, gwut io, est perfect-ye kemall ; eys	ment es' prabh, es' doct, maung meis quem quo habiem crediht, vos	itirafo ; is leis' gairn...
* Tamam, tamam, dorgv poti ; bet est ops bizarre. Is	kyalbehndt-se oiks unte plur diens ; ops aluet is nocts ;	leist incredible buks..., deutsch metaphysique..., physiologia, quod	woidim ! Iter ghes ei hat arriven un kwehlk tos ex Leipzig. Kwe	smad bahe frank ? Un Herakleus want un Hebe. Sont her meg	jamile nowngminas... Sabd vesper, pos nigviesa, kwehken' kam	princesses... Ne est oin qua ne esiet mynder de distrage Swamen. Sei	habiem eys oumer... is Diabel me raptu !... No, is hat niam	parika, ne wehdt, is ac' ghaw. Is tehrbiet un derivative. 
Id ralise materialisme ios liek me schockend hogst-ye, io ens brusk-ye id intertolk ei saygend-ye io wohgv od Graf Szemioth trehviet un esor wirtic pro se. Ne aun surprise, itirafo, hieb io matht ud iom liek tos gust ios graf pro philosophic studyes. So hussarenofficier, so appassionat sayad leisend deutsch metaphysique ed besic med physiologia, to volvih mien dayis. Is liek hieb yed saygen prabh, ed yant id sam dien diek io pruv de to. 
* Quosmed expliete yu, Poti Professor, mi iey is brusk-ye	circum id end ios dinner, quosmed expliete yu id dualitat au	id duplicitat nosters buhsa ?...
Ed, dat is bedyohrc od ne perfect-ye pretim iom, is gwut : 
* Ne habte yu aiwo stahn atopp un tor au ana un	precipice, habend sammel id tentation os vos elane do kenos ed un	mutlak witer khisses os terror ?...
* To magh' bihe explien med alnos physic causes, iey is	liek ; preter, id strieke spruven pos un steighen determinet un	sehrgadstrohm do id kers, quod...
* Smad linkwes ter id shrg, Doctor, scricit is graf	impatient-ye, ed smad eme alyum exempel. Yu dehrjte un chargen	gvond. Vies gohds' prient est ter. Vos enfallt loge un glonce do eys	cap. Un assassinat vos est megs' kados, yed yu mehnte de id.	Credeihm, Potis, od, sei quanto nos enfallt unte oin hor....,	credeihm od sei vies quantum enfall' vos, Poti Professor,	quom aym un sage, esient script, kad skeipent un in-folio jasamat,	ob-yod esiet neis fiscal qui pleidiet success-ye vies ban, neis	judce qui ne vos makhkoueihiet do prison au do un follenasyle. 
* So judce, Poti Graf, sigwra ne me makhkoumeihiet ob	paurskus todeghern, unte meis quem oin hor, id mysterieus loy	yeji-yod slav verbs eme un future maynen se combinend-ye con un	preposition ; bet sei kjiawxieng habiem habt sem alyo bren,	quod pruv trage tetos adversus me ? Ne som meis poti mienen	brens quem iom extos accidents qua suggeste ia mi. Yod un bren	surrect in me, khac' bihe concluden tetos un inkapem os dostriction,	ni hatta sem gwaukania. Naiwo mi hat enfall' nices anghen ; bet	sei un maurdhbren mi enfalliet, kwe ne est mien aum her kay arke	id ? 
* Yu tolcte aisic-ye de aum ; bet est id semper ter,	kam yu saycte, kay direge nos ? Kay aum baht ed biht obedihn,	tehrbmos reflexion, yani wakt ed chienjwakow. Hams wey semper bo ?	Unte un katu, sei vido arrive kye me un antskandu ghioulee, disvolgo	ed aunbehrgo mien prient, pro quom habiem dahn mien gwit, sei habiem	haben wak' kay mehne...
Io pit ei tolke de nies dohlgs em mensc ed christian, de id naudh quer smos de imite iom wigh ios Scripture, semper parat pro combat ; bad, ei skieusiem od jijidalend-ye protie nies passions, hassilems nova forces kay slaberihes ed waldhe ia. Io kamyieb, ego baym, tik taycihes iom, ed is ne kwohkit convict. 
Io mukiem unte dar decen dienen in id chateau. Iter faungmoenim do Dowghielly, bet wey nel-ye pernox ter. Kam ye preter ker, Potnika Iwinska suloukit kam un birbant ed forwohnen magv. Ia bug ep iom graf un sorte os fascination, ed ne dwoim an is buit meg enliubhto de iam. Lakin, is suagnohsit ays defects ed ne se formohn do illusions. Is woisit ia eet kharen, frolic, indifferent dia quanto ne eet pro iam un glewos. Ops io bedyohrc is pieytt in se de gnohe ia eet tem pau kemall ; bet, yant ia ei skeirsmih, is myohrs hol, eys enokwo kwiter med joy. Is me gwehmihskwit ye un senst ker do Dowghielly ye id predien miens asimat, maghses ob natolkim con iam tante menxu is abspasserit do id garden con iam neptia ; bet io hieb maung ad orbate, ed io dohlg ouzer, kamkwe baygh is insistit. Is rikit kay dinner, quayque is nos hieb sayct mae intizare iom. Is sess claus id meja, ed khiek edde. Unte id hol chifan buit is sombre ed os khak dumos. Ex tid do tid, eys brovs vrink prosch mutu ed eys okwi gohn un buxianxu wajkho. Kun is liek sielgit kay gwahe bay grafin, is graf sohkwit me do mien kamer, ed mi sieygit hol ob-yod eys kerd aghnuit. 
* Meg pischmano, scricit is, de vos linkwus kay visite	tam lytil foll, qua goilt me ed kamt tik nov liges ; bet,	noroc-ye, hol est khatem inter nos, to me marz' profund-ye, ed naiwo	revidsiem iam...
Is gigwahsit ye sien adet, dind is gwut : 
* Kad habte yu credihn eem enliubh' de iam ? To	mehnt so imbecile liek. No, ho naiwo liubhen iam. Ays glihav	protiokwo mi dahsit glewos. Ays kwit cuit eet un plaisure visu... En	quantum es' gohd in iam... Bilhassa id cuit. Neid mazgh. Naiwo ho io	vis in iam alyo jec' quem jamile pupp, khauris ad spehce quando ho	plictis ed neid nov buk... Aundwoi magh' bihe saygen ia est un	beauteit... Ays beauteit es' daumost !... Poti Professor, id	sehrg quod sreut ender tod cuit sollt ses meis lecker quem tod uns	ekwios ?... Quod maynte yu de ?
Ed is iliey, bet tod gleimen mi eet kados aurtu. 
Io sriens ud iom posdini kay continue mien explorations in id nordo tos gaivia. 
VII
Dureer circa dwo munts, ed magho sayge od sont pauk weiks in Jemaytia quer ne ho halten ed kwahn oik documents. Mi bihtu mohghen tod waurmen kay danke i weikers tos province, ed besonters iens Potis ios Cler, pro id druve-ye hirsic imdadh hant ijapt mieni paursken ed ia excellent contributions quommed hant richerihno mien dictionar. 
Pos oin hevd mukam in Szawle, gwahskwim stighes do nauk in Klaypeda (port quod kalmos Memel) kay rikes hem, kun io diek ud Graf Szemioth id sehkwnd brev, brighen ab oin eysen seisen : 
Poti Professor, 
Permitte ke scribo vos in Deutsch. Committiem dar plus solecismes, sei scribiem vos in jemayt, ed yu leusiete quodkwe consideration dia me. Ne woidim an yu ja habte maung dia me, ed kad id khabar quod tehrbo vos communie niet auge id. Aun meis preface, wehdo, ed yu sigwra tarcte quam. Dieupter goilti ia khisses im lieubhern. It act Pirkuns, noster jemayto Dieupter. Nu-wehdo Potnika Julienne Iwinska dien 8 ios sehkwndios munt. Yu sessiete is maedwnst wir sei yu gwahiete prispehce id ceremonia. Vasyi nowngmins os Medintiltas ed iom perixiht locs gwehmsient do mien hem kay edde oik auxens ed aunnumer swins ed, quando sessient makhmour, sient danse ep tod lung, dexter quem id avenue yu gnohte. Yu vidsiete trakhs ed trakhs wirtic pro vies observation. Yu dahsiete id megst plaisure mi edschi ad Julienne. Gwuntsiem vies refuse nos pehdeihiet do id megst embarasse. Woidat baygho id protestant agama, tem quem miena novsta ; api, noster sakerdot, qui baytelt ye trigimtia leuken dalg, est gikhtsieug, ed ho dursto spehe yu acceptiete celebre vice iom. Con sellsto namos
Michel Szemioth. 
In id bund ios brev, ka post-scriptum, un destull jamile ster hand hieb gwuten in jemayt : 
Ego, mauntia Lietuvas, scribo in jemayt. Michel est insolent de dwoie de vies approbation. Ego mon som kafi foll pro vole un pwarn kam iom. Yu vidsiete, Poti Professor, dien 8 ios niebst mund, un lyt chic novstu. Tod werd ne esti jemayt, sontern franceois. Mae ste bariem distract unte id ceremonia. 
Neter id brev, ni id post-scriptum plaiseer me. Io pohnd i futur conjugs bevis un neindeulget legvos unte un tem solenn waurmen. Lakin, kam inkare ? Dar itirafiem id mohldt spectacle me eetitentet. Sekwent quodkwe apparence, in id pohltos om arels quoy samghatient in chateau Medintiltas, sigwra trehviem doct leuds quoy mi dadwient util istikhbaras. Mien jemayt glossar eet meg riche ; yed id maynen os un certaino numer werden ucen ex id stohm grouben nowngmins dar-ye remien pro me samt relative obscuritat. Ta quant samghaten considerations hieb kafi force pro mi dwinghes consente id eiskwen ios graf, ed io antwohrd ei od, ye id aghyern ios 8, esiem in Medintiltas. 
Kam maung dohlg io pischmane de to ! 
VIII
Entrevs id avenue ios chateau, io dyohrc uno mier numer em potnias ed potis in aghyernvehsmen jamiyet, ep ia frontstieupens au kwehlend in ia parkallees. Id ghehrd pohld med mingal-ye dut nowngmins. Id chateau hieb un hava os fest ; quantloc flors, sregs, flags ed festons. Is intendanto me duxit ei kamer quod mi hieb esen preparen ye id grundetage, prehgend-ye me ke pardonim ob is khiek mi schehnke un beller ; yed eent tant leuds in id chateau, quem hieb est impossible mi conserve id appartment quer io hieb wict unte mien preter mukam, ed quod eet destinen pro iam esor ios marschal ios noblesse ; mien nov kamer eet eti meg dohbro, uperspehcend id park, ed ender id appartment ios graf. Duim hast-ye pro id ceremonia, vohs mien robe ; bet neter is graf ni eys novsta prohp. Is graf eet vanend iam do Dowghielly. Diuper habient i sollt arrive ; bet id tesedin unias novstias ne eet un simple re, ed is liek wiern i gostens od, id obedd muttend bad pos id dyinst, ia pior impatient appetitts poittient prekaure claus bufete-on samt gateaus ed vasyalga liqueurs. Io kieu ye tod waurmen kam maung intizar isnahti churli ; dwo maters am jamile potnikas inviten do id fest eebibahnt epigrammes protie iam novstu. 
Eet pos schawngwo quan un gastrohl om tamburs ed bunduks mohld ir arriven, ed, mox poskwo, un gala calesche entrit id avenue, tract ab quar schungjin ekwens. Dat id spoim quod oistexit ir perkyu, eet facil vide ir chitay ne eet due i. Sess in id calesche tik ia novsta, Potnia Dowghiello ed is graf. Is oistigh ex ed dohrj id hand as Potnia Dowghiello. Potnika Iwinska, med uno mov pleno med grace ed magvisk kharentat, simulit tupskwes sub sien schal kay skape ia curieusa spects qua periembh iam bachimien. Yed, ia stahsit ub in id calesche, ed vahsit dehrje id hand ios graf, quan i ekwi ios khalimagios, maghses dekhschaten ab id florenseuy i nowngmins xubh kyam novstu, maghses yaschi spreuvend tod stragno terror quod graf Szemioth inspirit im animals, fohr ed pnohs ; un roto stus id deik pod ia frontstieupens, ed miegh bihe credihn unte oin instant od un accident vahsit mutte. Potnika Iwinska sis ludes un lytil crie... Buam mox rassuret. Is graf, seizend-ye iam do sien brakhs, tobohr iam tiel ub ia frontstieupens tem facil-ye quem sei is habiet bohrn tik un columbh. Wey quanti applaus face eys dexia ed rittersk galanterie. I nowngmins emiss athime vivats, ia novsta, alnos eroudh, glihsit ed tremblit sammel. Is graf, qui nel-ye spohd ad abdehe sien khauris behrmen ud se, kwohk triumphe deikend-ye iam ei menegh perambh...
Stayg, un buland, pall, maigher gwen, samt chapachul povestis, dispars kays, ed vasya traits compagus ob paur, prohp ub ia frontstieupens, aun od anghen ghohd woide quetos ia. 
* Urx ! Cricit ia med un acut voc ; urx !	Bunduks !.... Tobehrt un gwen ! Gvehnte iom !	Strehlte ! Strehlte !
Eet ia grafin. Id arriven ias novstias hieb attragen ielganghen kya frontstieupens, do id ghehrd, au claus ia fensters ios chateau. Iaspet gwens quas uperwiekht iam orm foll hieb myohrst ir bereulens ; ia hieb antsals ed, observet ab nimen, hieb arrivet tiel medsu nos. Buit uno meg muschkil scene. Ia tohrb bihe abducen nespekent sien cries ed resistence. Maungi gosti ne gnohr ayso siuge. Explications tohrb im bihe daht. Bihsit diu susurt ye khafi voc. Vasya liges eent betraurn. « Omen ! » iey superstitieus leuds ; ed ir numer est mier in Lietuva. 
Lakin, Potnika Iwinska sib udprohg penkwe minutes kay due sien tesedin ed setara, operation quod durit unte un wassime hor. Eet meis quem tohrpt kay i leuds qui ne gnohr de id siuge ias grafinias math tos cause ed detayls. 
Bad, ia novsta reprohp, schungjin-ye ornet ed oistect med diamants. Ays tante presentit iam vasyims gostims, ed kun hieb gwohmt id moment os uperghange do id capelle, ye mieno megil surprise, in id presence ios hol umum, Potnia Dowghiello schamier id gian sienias neptias, kafi gvaltic-ye pro volgihes hatta i distracts. Tod schamar buit daken samt id prefectsto resignation, ed nimen kwecto stieun ; tik, un sworddun wiro scripsit semject ep un papier is hiebit bright ed oik prispehcers protiedehr tetro ir signature samt megst indifference. Bad ab-kap ios ceremonia mi buit tod enigma explien. Sei habiem tarken, ne habiem prilipsen diwides med id hol force miens iser blaghmonium contra tod odieus praxis, bezielt-yod panges un divorce fall simulend-ye od id wehden tik mussit sekwos physic violence adversus uter contragend partie. 
Pos id dyinst, io credih skules lyt wehkwe id yun couple, pliehgend dehe ant ir okwi id gravitat ed id saintitat ios homologhia quod hieb just uniet i, ed, dat mien kerdo dar aghnuit de id exterdohbro post-scriptum as Potnika Iwinska, io mehmih iam od ia entrit un nov gwit, neti samt yunisk glewsa ed joys, sontern pleno med serieus dohlgs ed grave ordeils. Mi kwohk od tod part miens khutba dugh maung effect ep iam novstu, kam ep vasyens leuds qui preteer deutsch. 
Gvondgastrohls ed joycries prim id cortege kun id sielg id capelle, dind wey uperghieng do id mejeina. Id chifan eet schungjin, ia appetitts meg acut, ed preter buit aurt neid alyo blosko quem tod om knivs ed ghabels ; yed mox, dank ia vins ex Champagne ed Magyaria, buit bitolct, bigliht eti bicriet. Prosit buit vanschen enthusiaste-ye ay novsti. Payn-ye hiebam wey sesso tsay, kun un veut albhmoustache pane stahsit ub ed, med un athime voc : 
* Vido gvol-ye, iey is, od nies awa swohda bihnt	formohmen. Naiwo habien' nies paters bohden tod toast med	cristallglasa. Wey drohnk ex id schou ias novstias, eti ex ays	baut ; yeghi mien zaman, ias dames vohs bauts ex rudh sakhtian.	Smad dikes, prients, od dar smos druv Lietuvans. - Ed tu, potnia,	plais dah mi tien schou.
Ia novsta ei antwohrd ereudhend-ye, unte un lytil stupt gleimen : 
* Gwehm ad ghende id, poti... ; yed niem te beprabhe	de bauts.
Is pane nieudh neid idafi gleimen : 
Is galant-ye gnenuit, giowit uno smulk schou ex kwit satin samt rudho takoun, plehsit id med Champagne vin ed drohnk tem oku ed tem handug-ye, quem ne meis quem idso dwidel srusit ep eys povestis. Id schou passit ex hand do hand, ed vasyi wirs drohnk ex id, bet ne aun molos. Is veut sakwn kup id schou ka precieus reliquia, ed Potnia Dowghiello maunihsit un bays ke gwohm ad sarce id disaurdhen ios tesedin aysias neptias. 
Tod toast buit sohkwn ab maung alya, ed mox bihr i nadimes tem honar quem neti mi kwohk dohbro mane bayna i. Io skiep apo id meja aun od anghen mi dahsit attenrion, ed gwahsim inannmes id air exter id chateau ; bet, terschi io trohv un pau olgh spectacle. I khadims ed nowngmins, qui hieb habto bir ed eau-de-vie quaytlibt, eent ja pleist makhmour. Hieb est disputes ed brohgen caps. Cer ed ter, ep id lung, drehnkniks forlyohg-se inconscient, ed id general aspect ios fest eet bilhassa tod uns walu. Habiem habt sem curiositato de vide prokwtos ia folksdansa ; bet pleista eent ducen ab deurseck ciganas, ed io ne credih an habiet est bunki venture do tod draug. Rikim ghi mien kamer, lis unte sem wakt, poskwo sduim ed mox nierc. 
Kun io sbud, id horloge ios chateau swohn tri saat. Id noct eet clar, quayque id meun buit lyt kohldert ab uno mulayim mighel. Io pit swohpye bet khiek. Sekwent mien swohd in lik waurmen, volim ghende un buk ed oistudye, yed ne ghohdim trehve ia kibrits ye prayghest. Stahsim ub ed ambtastim in mien kamer, quan un opac, meg tanghu corpos pristurd mien fenster, ed fiell samt un stupo blosk do id garden. Mien prest pondos buit od eet un wir, ed credihsim od oino niesen drehnkniks hiebit pohdt per id fenster. Io ghieyn mienum ed spohc ; io vis neid. Io diegh bad un kier ed, lyohgyevs do crovat, io parlis mien glossar tiel kun mien chay mi buit bright. 
Circum oindem saat, gwahsim id salon, quer io trohv maunga gramur okwi ed strak protiokwa ; ioghi math od id meja hieb esen likwno meg sert. Neter is graf ni ia yun grafin hiebeer bad prohpen. Ye oindem saat trigim, pos pelu peigher scherza, bihsit bimurmuren, preter meg khafi, mox destull honar. Doctor Fröber emsit id initiative os yises iom ambikwol ios graf ad oistundes id dwer os eys poti. Pos oin horquardel, so wir stighit ghom tsay, ed, lyt emot, reportit ad Doctor Fröber is hieb stus meis quem douzens, aun hassilevs response. Potnia Dowghiello, is liek ed ego comriedh. Id anxietat ios ambikwol me hieb lambhen. Wey tri stigham con iom. Ant id dwer, wey trohv iam baysu ias yun grafinias meg-ye consternat, sigwrnd od sem bieda sollit wakyevs, idghi fenster as Potnia eet alnos ghyant. Io mohm samt dekhschat tod gwaurod corpos fallt pri mien fenster. Wey stus gvaltic-ye. Neid response. Bad, is ambikwol brigh un isern stangh, ed wey vrohn id dwer... No ! Aum courage pro describe tod spectacle porgen ad nies okwis. Ia yun grafi lyohg mortu ep sien crovat, sien enokwo horrible-ye raghen, sien gurgule dvohrn ed cruorlahn. Is graf hieb disprohpen, ed nimen hat tuntos dact novs de iom. 
Is liek dyisit id horrible vurnos ias gwenak. 
* Neid stalmiech, scricit is, hat infligen tod arus...	sontern un dehnken !
Is professor clusit sien buk, ed spohc id ogwn pensive-ye. 
* Ed id storia est khatem ? Sprohg Adelheid.
* Khatem ! Antwohrd is professor med uno matam voc. 
* Bet, nabahsit ia, ma habte yu kalen id Lokis ?	Est id nam nal person. 
* Ne est un menscnam, iey is professor. 
* Vedim, Theodor, pretet yu quo mayn' Lokis ?	
* Kheptenn. 
* Sei yu maysteriete id transformationsloy ex sanskrit do	lietuvan, yu habiete recogniht in lokis id sanskrit arksha	wa riksha. Est kalen lokis in lietuvan, el animal	i Hellens han' namen αρκτος, i	Latins ursus ed	i Deutschi Bär. Yu	pretet nu mien epigraph : Miszku	su Lokiu, Abu du tokiu. Yu	woid od, in id Roman de Renart, id	nam ios urx est damp Brun. Bim	Slavs, es' nam' Michel, Miszka in lietuvan, ed tod lakab quasi	semper tayt id generic nam, lokis. It	hant i Franceois myohrsen ir neolatin nam goupil	wa gorpil	kay tei substitue tod os renard. Vos	udwekwnsiem pelu alya exempels...
Bet Adelheid kieusit eet sert, ed likweer mutu.