"Maybe Mr. Trius knows, but one can't ask him. Are you afraid of Mr.
Trius, too?" Maezli asked.
"No."
"But he always goes about with a big stick. Kurt has made a song about
him where he tells everything that Mr. Trius does," Maezli chattered on.
"It begins like this:
Old Trius lives in our town,
A haughty man is he,
And every one that he can catch
He beats right heartily.
I don't remember the rest, but it is quite long. But he wants to make a
song about Salo now, because he is so awfully nice. He said it as soon
as Salo went away today. We all like him, and Bruno said that if he made
a stupid song he would tear it up."
"Is everybody here called Salo and Bruno?" the gentleman burst out
angrily.
"No, nobody except Bruno, you know; he is my big brother," Maezli
explained. "Salo only came yesterday and went away again to-day. But he
did not want to go and we wanted to keep him. But he was not allowed to.
If his sister is well again, she has to go away, too. But we don't know
her yet. Her name is Leonore."
"Who sent you here?" the gentleman ejaculated harshly. But Maezli only
looked at him in astonishment.
"Nobody has sent me. Nobody knows where I am, not even Apollonie," Maezli
began to explain. "I only ran away because Apollonie had to tell Mr.
Trius so many things and I wanted to see the mignonette. I am visiting
Apollonie because mama has to nurse Leonore, who is ill and can't come
down.
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