It's rubbing his feet together that gets them off." As I passed the kitchen window, I saw Pomona at work.

She looked at me, dropped something, and I heard a crash.

I don't know how much that crash cost me.

Jonas rushed in to tell Pomona about it, and in a moment I heard a scream of laughter.

At this, Euphemia appeared at an upper window, with her hand raised and saying, severely: "Hush-h!" But the moment she saw me, she disappeared from the window and came down-stairs on the run.