Chapter 4, pgs. 95-137 Summary

Magistrate Cyprjan is holding a banquet for his daughter at Castle Gorka. Cyprjan owns a number of castles and estates but his wife, Zofia, preferred the Castle Gorka at Bukowo. Their daughter, Barbara, is to meet Ossolinski, a potential suitor. One of the town's workmen, Jan of the Beech Trees, is among those working on the grounds in preparation for the banquet. One of her Mniszech relatives helps Barbara dress for the banquet and places a necklace of six amber beads around her neck. After the dinner, Barbara and Roman Ossolinski talk, and he shows her his plans for building the grandest castle in Europe. She agrees to marry him. When Han gave his wife, Anulka, the package of meat from Cyprjan, she cried with happiness because they hadn't eaten meat in over a year. She immediately began cooking...