Leonore herself was sitting in the midst of the excited group.

She gave no sound and had unsuccessfully tried to swallow her rising tears, but they had got the better of her and were falling over her cheeks in a steady stream.
Mea was crying excitedly, "Oh, mother, you must help us.

You have to write to the ladies that they mustn't come.

Please don't let Leonore go!" Bruno remarked passionately that no one had the right to drag a sick person on a journey against the doctor's wishes.

The doctor had said the last time he had been here that Leonore was to have not less than a month for her complete recovery.
Kurt cried out over and over again, "Oh, mother, it's cruel, it's perfectly cruel! We all want to keep her here and she wants to stay.