sentences:  The final number was to be sung by another of the Countess's friends, who fell ill. Bronia fills in for her and sings a sad song about a peasant girl longing for her soldier lover who went to war - she promises to be faithful to him to the grave ("Szemrze strumyk pod jaworem" song).The foreign-type guests are unmoved and find the song too trivial.Kazimierz, Chorąży, and even Podczaszyc are extremely impressed by the song's simple, sincere beauty.