"Aren't you too cold in here, Mamma?"
The old woman did not understand; and Constance put a shawl over her shoulders:
"Will you come in, Mamma, when you feel too cold?"
The old woman nodded, without understanding. She remained sitting where she was. She had already had something to eat, with Marietje to wait on her: she never sat down to table with the others.
The second bell rang.
"Come," said Constance.
Paul was there and noticed how miserable Van der Welcke looked:
"What's the matter?" he asked.
Van der Welcke was carving:
"I loathe carving," he said. "Addie always used to do it, or Guy."