He could therefore tell her without reserve how terribly he had been cast down the last few days.

The weight had been very heavy on his heart before his confession, because he had been so ashamed of the miserable end of the undertaking.

He had, moreover, been very much afraid that she would tell him that no ghost of Wildenstein existed, after he himself had seen the incredible apparition.
What Loneli had told him had relieved him immensely.

Now his mother, who had seen the terrible sight herself, could understand his fright.
"Oh, little mother, I hope you are not angry with me any more," Kurt begged her heartily.

"I shall never do anything any more you don't want me to, for I know now what it feels like.