"I am sure you think that the Wildenstein ghost is wandering about again.

You can see every day that horses' hoofs give out sparks when they strike stone, and to see a coachman with a rolled up collar in windy weather is not an unusual sight either.

In spite of all I say to you, Kurt, you seem to do nothing but occupy yourself with this matter.

Can't you let the foolish people talk without repeating it all the time ?" Kurt was very glad when Mea entered at that moment, for he had really disobeyed his mother's repeated instructions in the matter.

But he comforted himself with the thought that he was only acting according to her ideas if he was finally able to prove to the people that the whole thing was a pure invention and could get rid of the whole thing for good.
"Why are your eyes all swollen ?" he accosted his sister.
Mea exploded now.