What was going on inside there?
Mrs.Stanhope would know now all about it! What would she think of him after this! Perhaps she would send them all home with a letter of complaint to their father! His heart beat louder and louder.

Perhaps the man came to fetch him to be punished and imprisoned.

Had he broken some law when he had the hole dug in front of the mill, when there was nothing but short grass there?
Oh, if he had only followed his father's advice, and not tried to do anything in this strange country without leave! All these anxious thoughts ran through Oscar's head, and the longer that dreadful man stayed, the more alarmed he grew.
Clarissa had just finished her disagreeable task, and, assisted very reluctantly by the indignant Lina, had at last succeeded in removing all traces of Fred's unfortunate collection, when a tremendous ringing at the house-door called her down stairs.

It was the watchman with the banner.

Another strange occurrence.