Bruno could not help noticing his mother's frightened expression, despite the rage he was in, which plainly showed in his face.
He exclaimed, as he entered, "I'll tell you right away what happened, mother, so that you won't think it was still worse.

I have only whipped them both as they deserved, that is all." "But, Bruno, that is bad enough.

You seem to get more savage all the time," the mother lamented.

"How could you do such a thing ?" "I'll explain it right away and then you will have to admit that it was the only thing to do," Bruno assured her.

"The two told me last Saturday that they had a scheme for to-day in which I was to join.