She rang her silver bell sharply and waited on the ready footsteps. But none came. There was silence now below, an ominous silence.
"God's curse upon this household," the woman cried.The monkey whimpered again, and she took it by the scruff and tossed it to the floor. "Peace, ape, or I will have you strangled. Bestir yourself, father, and call Anton. There is a blight of deafness in this place."