He looked, there were two bags of gold.

Then only, as if in a dream, he recollected that he had been seeking for treasure, and that something had frightened him in the woods.
Korzh saw the sacks--and was mollified.

"A fine fellow, Peter, quite unequalled! yes, and did I not love him?
Was he not to me as my own son ?" And the old fellow repeated this fiction until he wept over it himself.

Pidorka began to tell Peter how some passing gipsies had stolen Ivas; but he could not even recall him--to such a degree had the Devil's influence darkened his mind! There was no reason for delay.

The Pole was dismissed, and the wedding-feast prepared; rolls were baked, towels and handkerchiefs embroidered; the young people were seated at table; the wedding-loaf was cut; guitars, cymbals, pipes, viols sounded, and pleasure was rife.
A wedding in the olden times was not like one of the present day.