"What did she do?
I am afraid that her honest old grandmother will take it terribly to heart.

She'll be in deep sorrow about it and will probably punish Loneli again." "No, indeed, she must not do that," Kurt said eagerly.

"The teacher said himself that he hated to put Loneli there, as she was a good and obedient child, but that he had to keep his word.

He had announced that he was tired of the constant chattering going on in the school.

To stop it he had threatened to put the first child on the shame-bench that was caught.
So poor Loneli had to sit there all by herself and she cried so terribly that we all felt sorry.