"I do love you.... It won't do for us to stay here.... It's better that you should be quite by yourself, in your own house, your own mistress."
"We've talked about it so often!" she sobbed.
"There will be money enough, Tilly; I shall make money."
"You said five thousand guilders."
"No, there will be more. Don't be afraid, have no care, there will be enough ... and you can do as you please. I promise, I promise."
"But it's a sacrifice for you...."
"To leave the house?"
"Yes."
"I'm fond of the house ... but it's better that we should go to the Hague."
"Your parents ... they will all miss you."