I know that this was my punishment for doing what you had forbidden me to do." When his mother saw that Kurt had realized his mistake and had humbly borne the punishment, she did not scold him any further.

She confirmed everything Loneli had told him about the knight.

She also agreed with the little girl that the watchful Mr.Trius had probably discovered long ago what Kurt had planned to do that night.

With the horrible apparition he had probably meant to punish and banish the boys for good.
"Oh, Kurt," the mother concluded, "I hope I can rely on you from now on not to have anything more to do with the matter of the fabulous ghost of Wildenstein." Kurt could give his honest promise, for he had enough of his endeavour to prove the non-existence of the ghost.

It put him into the best spirits that there had been nothing supernatural about it, and that he was able again to talk with his mother as before.