And he looked at us and said, 'I am ashamed of them, sir!' Your lot is indeed a dark and terrible one when your father is ashamed of you.

And we all knew this, so that we felt in our chests just as if we had swallowed a hard-boiled egg whole.

At least, this is what Oswald felt, and Father said once that Oswald, as the eldest, was the representative of the family, so, of course, the others felt the same.
And then everybody said nothing for a short time.

At last Father said-- 'You may go--but remember--' The words that followed I am not going to tell you.

It is no use telling you what you know before--as they do in schools.