1 Jurgis went home with his head buzzing.
2 Jurgis had come home with a big packing box on his head, and he sent Jonas to get another that he had bought.
3 At the head there was a great iron wheel, about twenty feet in circumference, with rings here and there along its edge.
4 And so all day long she sat shivering, and came home at night with her teeth chattering and pains in her head and back.
5 Jurgis, without a word, lifts Ona in his arms, and strides out with her, and she sinks her head upon his shoulder with a moan.
6 Jadvyga is small and delicate, with jet-black eyes and hair, the latter twisted into a little knot and tied on the top of her head.
7 It was let down to the ground, and there came the "headsman," whose task it was to sever the head, with two or three swift strokes.
8 The thing to do is to crack every fighting head that you see, before there are so many fighting heads that you cannot crack any of them.
9 One with a swift stroke cut the throat; another with two swift strokes severed the head, which fell to the floor and vanished through a hole.
10 She is small, while he is big and powerful; she nestles in his arms as if she would hide herself from view, and leans her head upon his shoulder.
11 He nods and shakes his head at his companions, jerking at them with his violin, until at last the long form of the second violinist also rises up.
12 In the excitement of this masterpiece Tamoszius Kuszleika begins to edge in between the tables, making his way toward the head, where sits the bride.
13 If you went in not intending to drink, you would be put out in no time, and if you were slow about going, like as not you would get your head split open with a beer bottle in the bargain.
14 The distance was in reality over two miles, but Jurgis made two trips that night, each time with a huge pile of mattresses and bedding on his head, with bundles of clothing and bags and things tied up inside.
15 At the head, where sits the bride, is a snow-white cake, with an Eiffel tower of constructed decoration, with sugar roses and two angels upon it, and a generous sprinkling of pink and green and yellow candies.
16 Then the tears begin to come into her eyes; and as she is ashamed to wipe them away, and ashamed to let them run down her cheeks, she turns and shakes her head a little, and then flushes red when she sees that Jurgis is watching her.
17 During their progress, needless to say, the sounds of the cello are pretty well extinguished; but at last the three are at the head, and Tamoszius takes his station at the right hand of the bride and begins to pour out his soul in melting strains.
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