"Dino has talked so much about you that we, too, wanted to meet you." "I want to sit beside you," said Mux, dragging his chair to Cornelli's side.
"Just stay where you are! That is my seat," Agnes cut him short.

She could not be misunderstood, for she pushed back the chair and Mux quite vigorously.
The mother had again gone out to the kitchen, so he could not get her help, which made him very angry.
"Yes, yes, you always want to order everybody around all the time," he cried out furiously, "and you even broke somebody on the wheel, once." Now the mother entered.
"Oh, Mama, Mux is saying such frightful things.

Shouldn't he go to bed ?" Agnes called to her.
Mux was just gathering up his strength to fight against this proposed punishment, when the mother cut short their quarrel.
"No, no," she said kindly.

"To-day Cornelli is here for the first time and it is a feast day for us.

Mux shall not go to bed, but he must sit down quietly in his chair and say grace; then all will be well." Mux was soon calmed by the soothing words and the good soup's delicious odor which penetrated his nostrils.