She had brought the stones from the river, and now she untied herbundle and took out the potatoes. Jan had already heaped a littlemound of sticks and twigs near by, and soon the potatoes werecooking in the ashes, and a most appetizing smell of frying eelfilled the air.

"Am I rich?" repeated the very very aged woman. She looked surprised thatany one could ask such a question. "0f course I'm rich. Haven't Igot two eyes in my head, and a tongue, too, and it's lucky,indeed, that it's that way about, for if I had but one eye andtwo tongues, you see for yourself how much less army that wouldbe! And I've two legs as good as any one's, and two arms to helpmyself with! The Kaiser himself has no more legs and arms than I,and I doubt if he can use them half as well. Neither has he astomach the more! And as for his heart" she looked cautiouslyaround as she spoke "his heart, I'll be bound, is not half sogood as mine! If it were, he cold not find it in it to do all thecruel things he's doing here. I 'm sure of that."