"Come and show me where, Bebeko, and Babba will get the 'loukoumi.'"
Bebeko scrambled down and took hold of her hand, and led her, all
the others following, into his parents' bedroom. Then, pointing to
a spot at the foot of the chest of drawers, he said triumphantly:--
"There."
His mother looked very vexed.
"Those children!" she cried. "Whatever they see, they take. All this
fuss we have had for nothing!"
"Go upstairs, now," said her husband, "and tell that poor girl that
you have found the money. She was half mad with fright when you told
her you would send her to prison."
"It does not do her any harm," said Mattina's mistress, "if she did
not do it this time, it will be a lesson for her if she ever feels
inclined to steal in the future. However, she may as well come down
and take the children to bed," and she took a lighted candle, and
went upstairs to unlock the door.