"They like laughing," Catherine remarked in a loud tone. "That's the way it is to be young."
At length they reached Frederick's abode.
Louise gave the bell a vigorous pull, which she repeated several times. The door opened a little, and, in answer to her inquiry, the porter said:
"No!"
"But he must be in bed!"
"I tell you he's not. Why, for nearly three months he has not slept at home!"
And the little pane of the lodge fell down sharply, like the blade of a guillotine.
They remained in the darkness under the archway.
An angry voice cried out to them:
"Be off!"