"Stop!" cried Otto. "What are you doing that for?"
Everybody looked at him. Otto pointed to his cap and said:
"How am I to know that that cap is clean?"
Johannes said nothing. His happiness came to an abrupt end. Then he began walking up the island again, taking the eggs with him.
"What's the matter with him? Where's he going?" said Otto impatiently.
"Where are you going, Johannes?" cried Victoria running after him.
He stopped and answered quietly:
"I'm going to put the eggs back in the nests."
They stood for a moment looking at each other.
"And then I'm going up to the quarry this afternoon," he said.