But of course, mother, a person doesn't talk alone, and Loneli should not have been obliged to stay there alone.

The teacher had just asked: 'Who is talking over there?
I can hear some whispering.

Who is it ?' Loneli answered 'I' in a low voice, so she had to be punished.

One of her neighbors should have said 'I,' too, of course; it was perfectly evident that there was another one." "Loneli might have asked somebody a question which was not answered," his mother suggested.
"Mea will know all about it, for she followed Loneli after school.

Now more still, mother," Kurt continued.