"What made you carry Fani off again?"
"What have you done with all the exercise-paper?"
"What are you and he up to now?"
"It's all your fault if we can't do our lessons."
"Where have you hidden him, so that he doesn't keep his promise and come to the meeting?"
"Where have you put all the paper; I haven't even begun on my exercises!"
The angry questioners, with Emma between them, came up the steps. Their mother was just then called away; their aunt exclaimed:—
"Be still, boys; how can Emma answer either of you, if you both keep up such a fire of questions?"
Emma darted to her aunt's side, and eagerly whispered in her ear what she had done with the paper; adding:—
"Do help me, aunty; you know if Oscar knew that, it would only make him more angry."