Trude is not there, and she has no ears for you!" "This is a plot--a shameful plot!" cried Frau von Werrig, stamping her feet.

"That good-for-nothing creature, Trude, is in it.

She has locked the doors, and the schoolmaster paid her for it." Trude shook her fist at her mistress behind the door.

"Wait! that good-for-nothing creature will punish you! You shall have something to be angry about with me every day." "I swear to you that I do not know who locked the doors," replied Moritz, calmly.

"But whoever did it, I thank them from the depths of my soul, for it forces you to listen to me, and may love give my words the power to soften your heart.