"We keep it for them ... and don't touch it."
"Really?" said Adolphine, in surprise. "But then there's Mamma."
"Mamma?"
"Yes, you have her money too," said Adolphine, looking Constance in the eyes.
Constance returned the look: "My dear Adolphine," she said, gently, "as Mamma is not fit to attend to her affairs, her money is in the hands of our solicitor at the Hague; and he controls it for her."
"And the income ...?"
"It's invested. We get none of Mamma's money. Surely you knew that?"
"No, I didn't."
"The books can be seen at the solicitor's by any of the brothers and sisters."
"Why do you do that?"