Come sit down with us and tell us what happened as soon as you feel more quiet; but no more such words, please." It took a considerable time before Bruno could tell his experience without breaking out again.

He told them finally that the rector had mentioned the castle of High Ems in their lessons that day.

After asking his pupils if they had ever inspected the famous ruins they had all said no, so the rector invited the three big boys to join him in a walk to see the castle.

It was quite a distance away and they had examined the ruins very thoroughly.

Afterwards the rector had taken them to a neighboring inn for a treat, so that it was dark already when they were walking down the village street.