exciting him, and he struck out well with his great fists. The red-head
mixed in the crowd, and stuck close to the cattle-dealer, but he never
struck a blow himself; of course not, such a gentleman as he is! I did not
see Dietrich knock the Fohrensee fellow down, but just when the storm was
most furious, I saw Dietrich run out, and Jost after him, and I thought I
saw Jost give Dietrich something. I ran out after them, and I heard Jost
advising Dietrich to make off as fast as he could, and send him word where
he hid himself. When I came up to them, Jost pushed me back; I couldn't
get a word with Dietrich, who ran right off, and Jost pulled me into the
house. There the noise was increasing every minute, for the cattle-dealer
had discovered that his money-bag was gone, and red-head screamed out like
a mad-man, that nobody must get away, and everybody must be searched. When
they found that Dietrich had gone, the cattle-man started off after him,
and some others too, and then they all broke up. Now you know all that I
know. Nothing else happened; except that I went for the doctor, who said
the two men were not dead. When Jost tells Dietrich that, why, there's
nothing to prevent his coming back. That is, unless there's something
else."

"What do you mean by 'something else'?" said Judith sharply. "But
there--you're all alike. One repeats what another has said, till you all
get to saying the same thing and then of course you believe it. A nice
set of friends you are--the whole of you. I mean to stir up the ground
under you all until I find out where the truth is. Then you can begin to
stare with the others, you blind mole!" and Judith suddenly walked off as
if the earth were burning beneath her angry feet.

Blasi understood neither her words nor her anger. He looked after her,
shook his head rather sadly, and said to himself,