How did that misfortune happen?
Mrs. Brauer.
It was on her confirmation day, just as the girls left the church in a body, when we heard a cry. What had happened? Why, that woman had been lying in wait for the procession; when suddenly she appeared, seized her child, and kneeling before her in the road, passionately covered her hands and feet with kisses.
Pastor.
[Shuddering.] Horrible!!!!!!
Mrs. Brauer.
I tore the child from her arms, of course, and carried her into the house. We had to make some kind of an explanation; a drunken vagabond, I told her! Did she believe it?--H'm?--Then she fell ill----
Pastor.
And how is it now?