You see, these are his shirts and stockings, and I have only washed and mended them for him," Apollonie explained.
"Besides, Mr.Trius can't do as he pleases.

Do you see the open windows up there?
No, you couldn't see them from here.

Well, up there lives a sick gentleman, a baron, who won't let anybody come into the garden.

He is the master there and can give orders, and people must not disobey him.
Look, one can see the open windows quite plainly now." "Can we see the bad baron, too ?" asked Maezli peeping up searchingly.
"I did not say that he was bad, Maezli, I only said that he can give orders," Apollonie corrected.

"And you can't see him because he is lying sick in bed.