"Yes."
"You believe it? When we are at the Hague ... alone ... in our own home?"
"Yes, yes, I believe it."
"And will you then be happy?"
"Yes ... when we have found it."
"And we shall find it."
"Yes."
"Come and sit with me, in my study.... I have work to do: come and sit with me. I sha'n't go downstairs for tea. I have some reading to do: come with me ... and stay with me this evening: will you?"
"Yes."
"Then it will be as if we were already at home ... in our own home ... at the Hague...."