It was odd to their eyes to watch and unbelievable to their ears to hear.
The youngest of the Sylfinnier household suddenly cried out her faults, holding carefully her sister's hands to show her guilty doings to their father.
It was now Theressa who trembled and who held her head low. Ashamed to look at her baffled family eyes for she was aware of the misbehaviour she had committed.
"... Will you also tell me why you have done this, Theressa?" — Without letting surprise divert his attention from the matter at hand, Orland questioned, lightly softening his voice's harshness.
Solely so his child would talk further whilst feeling bewildered.
"... I…" — Lifting her head to peek at her Father and then her sister, Theressa mulled over what to say.
