"Will you help me unpack?"
"I'll help you too, Uncle," said Guy.
"Yes," said Ernst, "that's right.... You see," he whispered to Addie ...
"What, Uncle?"
"It's not good ... for the vases to remain in the cases so long.... You don't believe it, of course, but...."
He did not complete his sentence, would not say that the vases were suffocating in their cases, with all that paper and straw; he would not say it, because Addie was so kind, a kind-hearted fellow, really, but devoid of understanding, stupid, just as stupid as all the rest of them....
"We shall unpack as quickly as we can, Uncle, and make the room comfortable for you."
"Yes. I have only the bedroom at present."
"The bedroom's all right, isn't it?"
"Yes. Am I to have my dinner there to-night?"