Lippo faithfully followed Leonore wherever she went and from time to time repeated his consoling words, but he said them in such a wailing voice that they sounded extremely doleful.

Maezli alone still gazed about her with merry eyes and was dancing with joy when she saw that it was a bright sunny day.
"You can take a little walk with Leonore, Maezli," the mother said immediately after lunch, as soon as the other children had started off to school.

"Leonore will grow too pale if she does not get into the open air.

Take her on a pretty walk, Maezli.

You might go to Apollonie." Maezli most willingly got her little hat, and the children set out.