THERE IS GREAT COMMOTION IN THE LARGE HOUSE
SEBASTIAN had just shown the tutor into the study on the following morning when there came another and very loud ring at the bell, which Sebastian ran quickly to answer. “Only Herr Sesemann rings like that,” he said to himself; “he must have returned home unexpectedly.” he pulled open the door, and there in front of him he saw a ragged little boy carrying a hand-organ on his back.
“What’s the meaning of this?” said Sebastian angrily. “I’ll teach you to ring bells like that! What do you want here?”
“I want to see Clara,” the boy answered.
“You dirty, good-for-nothing little rascal, can’t you be polite enough to say ‘Miss Clara’? What do you want with her?” continued Sebastian roughly.
“She owes me fourpence,” explained the boy.
“You must be out of your mind! And how do you know that any young lady of that name lives here?”
“She owes me twopence for showing her the way there, and twopence for showing her the way back.”
“See what a pack of lies you are telling! The young lady never goes out, cannot even walk; be off and get back to where you came from, before I have to help you along.”
But the boy was not to be frightened away; he remained standing, and said in a determined voice, “But I saw her in the
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