[Erick and Sally by Johanna Spyri]@TWC D-Link bookErick and Sally CHAPTER VIII 2/11
Soon after the pastor's wife and Sally came out of their house door, and behind them quiet, devout Edi and Ritz with hymn-books under their arms.
After a few steps they all stopped to wait for the pastor.
Now the old wife of the sexton ran to the pastor's wife; she always had to report something as soon as she caught sight of her. Kaetheli took advantage of the opportunity.
Like a flash she was from her father's side and whispered with the greatest rapidity in Sally's ear: "Just think what I know now.
Last evening Neighbor Rudi, who belongs to Churi's officers, told me that it was not on account of the fight that they were going away in the morning; but that they were going into the Mayor's vineyard and were going to take his early grapes; that Churi had persuaded Erick to come along, because he wants to send him ahead through the vineyard, because a trap might be set there.
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