“I don’t believe in that nonsense either.”
“The moaning ... of those animals.”
“And that stone ... must have been thrown by some wretched fellow ... one of the servants, a beggar who is putting himself forward ... or who has been bribed....”
“Bribed? By whom?”
“By ... by the regent....”
“Why, Theo!”
“Oorip said the moaning came from the palace....”
“What do you mean?”
“And that they wanted to torment papa from there....”
“To torment him?”