or, The Silver Skates 271

« Remember, jufurouw, there must be no cries, no fainting.”

Dame Brinker answered him with a look.

He was satisfied.

“ Now, Vollenhoven.”

Oh that case with the terrible instruments! The assistant
lifted them. Gretel, who had been peering with brimming
eyes through the crack of the closet-door, could remain silent
no longer.

She rushed frantically across the apartment, seized her hood,
and ran from the cottage.