"You've always been afraid ... of losing me. But you never have lost me."
"No, never.... Tell me, dear, am I to blame? I am to blame, am I not?"
"How?"
"About Mathilde."
"No, you're not to blame.... But, if she comes back, later, with the children, Mamma, let us try...."
"Yes, dear, yes."
"We will, won't we? We must try ... to bring ourselves into harmony with her as far as possible...."
"Yes, yes, I will try."
"And all of us."
"Yes, all of us."