"Yes, but you've plenty of use for your money too."
"What I mean is ... it's your husband's money."
"I know. But Henri would rather you didn't pay anything ... really."
"Really?"
"I'm sure of it. If you or Van Saetzema wrote him a line ... he'd like that."
"Of course I shall. I shall thank him myself."
"And you'll come and see the child whenever you like, won't you, Adolphine?"
"Yes, Constance, I will.... What a pity it is that you don't live in the Hague!"
"Why?"
"Oh, the Hague is so much our town, our family town; and your house, now that Mamma is so old, is certainly the house ... of the family, the centre, so to speak...."