Hartman, her husband having
gone to his duties in the forest hours before. They were singing one of
their school songs, when it occurred to Paul that something had been
omitted.
"Oh, boys," he said, "we have forgotten to thank the lady for her
goodness to us. She dried and brushed our clothes and gave us a good
breakfast, and tried to restore our hats to good shape after they had
been soaked with rain, and we came away and never thanked her!"
This was indeed an oversight which boys so well-bred felt must be
rectified, and they turned their faces again toward the cottage. But
they had not gone far when the forest-keeper, who had heard them
singing, joined them; and they told him their trouble.
"Oh, I will make that all right!" he said. "You need not go back. I will
tell her all that you wished to say."
"Tell her that we are very much obliged to her for her kindness to us,"
said Fritz, "and tell her our breakfast was first-class and we enjoyed
it."
"And tell her," said Paul, "that she made our clothes dry and clean and
it is not her fault that our hats could not be straightened to look like
they did before it rained.
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