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Kaetheli had learned all that, and had reported it to her father. The Mayor was quite satisfied with the outcome of the affair, and since he looked on Erick as the saver of his grapes, he now came to the pastor to talk over what could be done for the poor orphan.
"Indeed, indeed I know," the latter assured her. "You see, first there is a great feast, where they all come and throw down many flowers and wreaths because a great lord is coming and " "Perhaps a count," Kaetheli interposed. "Perhaps so." "Oh! now I know it! If you only had spoke of the count right away; now listen!"
Do you know where you are going Monday when Marianne goes away from here?" "No." "You are going to be auctioned off. My father has said so." "What is that?" asked Erick, who now listened more attentively to Kaetheli. "Oh, there are a crowd of people in the room and they bid on you, and whoever bids the lowest gets you." "That is stupid," said Erick. "Why is it stupid?"
I know you are in there and will be covered with feathers from head to foot." The aunt stood before the henhouse, and Sally and Kaetheli beside her full of expectation, for they had sought Ritz for a long time in vain. But Auntie had experience in such things. Ritz actually came crawling out of the henhouse and stood now in a lamentable condition before his aunt. "How you do look!
She did not give the longed-for permission, but she invited Kaetheli to stay at the parsonage and take afternoon coffee with the children and afterwards play in the garden. That was at least something; Sally and Ritz were satisfied, and they ran at once with Kaetheli into the house. But Edi showed a dissatisfied face, for wherever something strange could be seen or found, he had to be there.
"And what has been your experience, Sally? Why are you so pensive?" the father continued. "Kaetheli was not at school," reported Sally, "and I had so much to talk over with her. Perhaps she is sick; may I go to see her this afternoon? We have no school, you know." "Aha, Sally wants to see the strange boy," the sharp-witted Edi remarked.
With these words Edi pulled his brother along, and soon they turned round the corner and also disappeared. Behind the schoolhouse, near the hawthorn hedge, stood the last of the crowd in animated conversation. It was Sally, the ten-year-old sister of the two boys, with her friend Kaetheli, who with great excitement seemed to describe an occurrence.
Just think, Erick's curls will be burned off and his handsome face will be so marred that we shall not know him." Sally had become as white as snow from fright. "Come quickly, Kaetheli," she said urgently, "we will run after Erick and tell him everything, come!" "It is much too late, why, what do you think," Kaetheli said, "they started early this morning. Erick is already burned."
He does look nice. Do you know his name?" "He?" said Kaetheli, shrugging her shoulders. "Of course I know. His name is Erick and just think, he goes to school at Lower Wood; I have seen him myself today, with his school sack, going there." That was a blow for Sally. He went to school at Lower Wood. What was now to come of her beautiful plans?
All at once she remembered to whom she really wanted to go, so she said hastily: "I must go to Kaetheli; she may be sick." With these words she quickly offered her hand to the lady. The lady, too, had risen; she took the proffered hand, held it between both of hers, and looked once more so lovingly into the child's eyes, that her little heart was moved.
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