They wished to tease him- that was evident, and therefore the tutor

declined to play, although he could do so very well. They urged and

requested him, however, so long, that at last he took up the flute and

That was a marvellous flute! Its sound was as thrilling as the

whistle of a steam engine; in fact it was much stronger, for it

sounded and was heard in the yard, in the garden, in the wood, and

many miles round in the country; at the same time a storm rose and

roared; "Everything in the right place." And with this the baron, as