After all I am an old acquaintance, and I'll only come an hour a day to do the most urgent task." "Nobody is allowed to come," Mr.Trius said again in his unchangeable, dry tone.

It was all the same to him whether Apollonie begged or scolded.

In her anxiety about the sick master she had forgotten everything else.
"Where is the child ?" she suddenly cried out in great anxiety.

"Good gracious, where is she?
She must have run into the garden." Mr.Trius had suddenly grown more lively.

Throwing the gate to with great violence, he turned the huge key before pulling it rapidly out.