Hungary . everywhere to be seen; the bandplayed, and all looked bright and happy. The drive took us to Zsdjar, a straggling villagenear the frontier of Poland ; but as we stayed therethe following year, I will not describe it now. It was night when we again reached full moon, an orange disc, was half-way upa deep blue sky, and its soft light fell on thedusty road and the double line of little houseswith high-peaked roofs. It was reflected from ashallow stream running down one side of the street,and from the brass instruments of musicians whowere sitting on our inn steps. Before the
Hungary . everywhere to be seen; the bandplayed, and all looked bright and happy. The drive took us to Zsdjar, a straggling villagenear the frontier of Poland ; but as we stayed therethe following year, I will not describe it now. It was night when we again reached full moon, an orange disc, was half-way upa deep blue sky, and its soft light fell on thedusty road and the double line of little houseswith high-peaked roofs. It was reflected from ashallow stream running down one side of the street,and from the brass instruments of musicians whowere sitting on our inn steps. Before the dooryoung men and maidens were dancing. Nowand again a youth took two of the trim, close-skirted, bare-legged girls by the waist, and whirledround and round with them, first in one direction,then the other, until they could turn no , where free drinks were being served toall comers, the bar and neighbouring room werefilled with a surging crowd. How should we get VIEW FROM OUR WINDOWS IN VAZSECZ. VAZSECZ AND A PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 61 in ? The house, of only one story towards thestreet, reached down at the back to a waste groundwith a shallow stream running through it. Im-mediately below our bedroom was the cowhouse, asI had learned the first day, when awakened by thesounds of early-morning milking. Help came inform of the sturdy maidservant, who, taking usround to the back of the inn, introduced us to thecowhouse, reared an ordinary ladder in one cornerof it, and pushed open a small trap-door openinginto our room. During the rest of the timepreceding the election we frequently came andwent that way. At last the great day arrived. Polling was totake place at St. Miklos (St. Michael), chief townof Lip to county, a place with about five thousandinhabitants, known in Hungarian style as LiptdSzt. Miklos. Two hundred men from remote villages had sleptat Vazsecz, to be ready for an early train. Theywere fine, well-grown, clean-shaven fellows, wearingarmless sheepskin jack
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