Something was really hanging from the bottom.

"Can this be hay or straw?
It certainly does not look orderly.
I hope you have not come from the stable!" "Yes, I have," replied Cornelli.
"How horrid! Indeed, I can even smell it.

That is too much!" she exclaimed.

"I am sure your father would not let you go there if he knew about it." "Oh, certainly; he goes himself," Cornelli retorted.
"Do not reply impertinently.

In the case of your father it is quite different," explained Miss Dorner.