Gerdy peeped round the open door:
"Is that Aunt Adolphine?"
"Yes," said Constance.
Marietje and Adeletje followed:
"Is that ... Aunt Adolphine?"
They came in and shook hands.
"Is Klaasje out in the garden?" asked Constance.
"I saw her running about just now."
"You have a busy household ... Constance," said Adolphine, waveringly.
"Yes," said Constance, smiling, "and yet I should miss them if they weren't there. All my daughters ... and my boys."