And the other was old Marianne, who lived in her own house and pulled horse-hair for a living, and never did harm to anyone.
When on the next morning the three children of the parsonage passed Marianne's house on their way to school, Sally said: "It is fun to go to school to-day for the strange boy of yesterday will come too; if we only knew his name.

Kaetheli described him to me; he wears velvet pants.

Of course he will come to Upper Wood to school." "Of course," said Edi with a dignified air; "who would think of going to Lower Wood to School ?" "Of course, who would go there to school ?" observed Ritz.
Then the three in perfect harmony entered the schoolhouse.

But no strange face was to be seen in the whole schoolroom; everything went on in the usual way to the end of the morning.

Then everyone hurried away in different directions.