Won't you bring them to me ?" The children were all standing around their mother and Apollonie, who were clearing up the mystery for them.

The mother had barely been able to check their violent outbreak, but could not quite quench all enthusiasm.

When they heard that Leonore had come to introduce them to her uncle, they were a little scared, but Leonore understood their hesitation and declared, "Just come! You have no idea how nice he is." Pulling Mea with her, she compelled the others to follow, and arriving at her uncle's side, she immediately began, "This is Bruno, my brother's best friend, and this is Mea, my best friend.

I never had a friend like her in all my life.

This is Kurt--" "Kurt is my friend," said the uncle; "I know him because he is the poet.
I hope he'll make songs about us all now; I know the one about Mr.
Trius." Quite taken aback, Kurt looked at the Baron.