‘If I know the Brothers, they will be looking for you by now, and mighty annoyed not to find you. You must go,’ Collen said firmly.
‘May I come back?’ Lukas asked.
‘Would it stop you if I said “no”?’
Lukas laughed. ‘No,’ he said.
‘Well, then,’ said Collen, ‘be off with you!’
Lukas hurried off, but when he reached the turn of the path and he knew that he would not see the hut again that day, he swung round to wave. Brother Collen had the three legged stool in his hand and waved it at him.
Lukas smiled. He had a warm feeling in his heart where before there had been a cold and frightened one. Collen was of the world to which he was accustomed.
* * * *
The Brothers were looking for him but not with the anger he expected. As soon as he appeared in the kitchen Brother Peter took him by t
