Kaps.

No, Miss, I haven’t the time.

Saart.

Daantje’s death was a blow to him—you always saw them together, always discussing. Now he hasn’t a friend in the “Home”; that makes a big difference.

Clementine.

Do you recognize these?

Saart.

Well, that’s Kneir, that’s Barend with the basket on his back, and that’s—[The telephone bell rings. Clementine closes her book.]

Kaps.

Meneer is out. They rang once before.