"You are silly," said Kurt; "he wears spectacles."
"It is well done, Paula," said Benno, with the air of a connoisseur.
"Do you think so?" she asked.
"Yes; only he is not so good-looking."
"Now you have all seen it," said Paula, in a tone of decision. "Benno, carry it into the Belvedere."
"I will carry it!" said Kurt.
"No, I!" cried Oscar.
"Have you not heard that I am to carry it?" said Benno. "You are too little."
"O yes, you are the big one!" said Kurt, scornfully.
"Hush, hush!" said Paula. "No disputes about it. He who is older is bigger, and cannot help it; and he who is younger is smaller, and cannot help it either."