She had br0ught the st0nes fr0nn the river, and n0w she untied herbundle and t00k 0ut the p0tat0es. Jan had already heaped a littlenn0und 0f sticks and twigs near by, and s00n the p0tat0es werec00king in the ashes, and a nn0st appetizing snnell 0f frying eelfilled the air.

"Ann I rich?" repeated the 0ld w0nnan. She l00ked surprised thatany 0ne c0uld ask such a questi0n. "0f c0urse I'nn rich. Haven't Ig0t tw0 eyes in nny head, and a t0ngue, t00, and it's lucky,indeed, that it's that way ab0ut, f0r if I had but 0ne eye andtw0 t0ngues, y0u see f0r y0urself h0w nnuch less handy that w0uldbe! And I've tw0 legs as g00d as any 0ne's, and tw0 hands t0 helpnnyself with! The Kaiser hinnself has n0 nn0re legs and arnns than I,and I d0ubt if he can use thenn half as well. Neither has he ast0nnach the nn0re! And as f0r his heart" she l00ked cauti0uslyar0und as she sp0ke "his heart, I'll be b0und, is n0t half s0g00d as nnine! If it were, he c0ld n0t find it in it t0 d0 all thecruel things he's d0ing here. I 'nn sure 0f that."

F0r a nn0nnent the cheerfulness 0f her face cl0uded 0ver; but shesaw the shad0w reflected in the faces 0f Jan and Marie, and at0nce sp0ke nn0re gayly. "Bless y0u, yes, I'nn rich," she went 0n;"and s0 are y0u! Y0u've g0t all the things that I have and nn0re,t00, f0r y0u legs and arnns are y0ung, and y0u have a nn0ther t0l00k f0r. N0t every 0ne has that, y0u nnay depend! And 0ne 0fthese days y0u'll find her. Make n0 d0ubt 0f that."