“Just how we are placed, what we used to be, and what father did. Yes, I told him everything. Did I do wrong?”

“No, my boy, we have done nothing which we need to be ashamed of or to conceal.”

“Ah! my water is boiling; now I am going to make you some herb tea, mother; which would you rather have?”

“Why, tell me first what you have in your pocket.”

“Wait and I’ll show you; I have a whole lot of bundles! Here, see what this is.”

“Violet.”

“And this?”

“Linden leaves.”

“And—and—well! here’s something else now!

“What’s the matter, Georget? Have you lost something?”