"You are always the one who gets wild and loses control.

It is hard to excuse that, even if your intention is good, Bruno.

I wish I could keep you boys apart." "It was a good thing he became furious at them to-day, mother," Kurt remarked.

"You see it shows that even two can't get the better of him.
If he had not been so mad, the two would have been stronger, and our poor Rector would have lost his plums." It was hard to tell if this explanation comforted the mother.

She had gone out with a sign to attend to Bruno's belated lunch.