21/22 That will not all be white paper either, and if she throws a shoe at me I will fling the last at her." "Come home," said the basket-maker's wife, pulling her husband away. "You are getting no good by hearing this talk." The bystanders laughed, and the baker exclaimed: "It is high time I should be in the Necropolis before it gets dark, and see to the tables being laid for to-morrow's festival. My trucks are close to the narrow entrance to the valley. Send your little ones to me, and I will give them something nice. Are you coming over with me ?" "My younger brother is gone over with the goods," replied the shoemaker. |