"Then, I'm sure you've heard many things."
"You may well say so."
"I think she spoke of my father?"
"Yes."
"She remembers him still?"
"She remembers him."
"He wasn't kind to her."
"Poor mother!"
"Yet he was worst to himself."
They were silent; and Arne had thoughts which he could not utter. Eli was the first to link their words again.