"Why are we whispering?" Anton asked well above a whisper.
"Shhh…" Peder hissed too loudly. "We're hiding!"
"Hush, both of you!" Frederick whispered. "I don't know why I let you hide here with me. Inga will find us all at once."
"Are you leaving, Fred?" Peder asked.
Frederick poked his head out from behind the curtain, looking both ways.
"Yes, and don't follow me, you're on your own!"
He heard a noise from a guest bedroom, and dove into the nearest window alcove. He peeked through the gap, and saw his sister run down the hall, right toward their brothers.