Look, look! the fine, thick raspberry bushes used to be there." Apollonie was pointing to wild-looking shrubs that were climbing up the castle incline.

"Oh, how different it all used to be! Two splendid hedges used to run up there, then across and down again on the other side.

Both girls and boys used to feast on them for whole days at a time, and there were always enough left for pots and pots full of jam.
And now how terrible it all looks! Everything is growing wild.

Nobody who has known the place the way I knew it could have ever thought that it would look like this." Maezli was not very deeply moved by the change.

She had long been gazing at the high gate which was to be their destination and which they were nearing rapidly.
"Does Mr.Trius take his big stick along when he comes down to the gate ?" she asked, looking cautiously about her.
"Yes, yes, he never goes about without it, Maezli, but you need not be afraid," Apollonie calmed her.