Did anybody hurt you ?" "No, Kurt, no one, but I can't be happy any more," and with these words Loneli's eyes filled again with tears.

"I wish you could see grandmother since I've been on the shame-bench.

I would not mind if she were angry, for she generally forgives me again after a while; but she is sad all the time.

It is worst when I go to school in the morning, because she says that I brought down shame on us both, and that I have given her gray hairs.

She said to me that after having lived an honorable life and spent most of it with the most noble family, this was very hard for her.