"No, Father."
"What you've got to do now is to try and be happy among us all ... to work ... to pick up your work again, you know."
"Yes, just so."
"And then, gradually, to let things come ... as you say.... Would it upset you very much if she and Erzeele...."
"Yes. Because I should then feel my shortcomings towards her still more strongly.... And also because of my children."
"Perhaps things will come right, later, my boy."
"Perhaps."
"Take it all calmly now ... and don't worry. And just do your work here quietly."
"Yes, Father.... Oh, I feel that you are my father!"
"Perhaps for the first time!... A different part for your old ruffian of a father!"