"A legacy?" echoed D'Herbourg, failing to see.
"Something that's due to us? Could that mantri know things which, if Uncle Daan gave him money ..."
"Perhaps," said D'Herbourg, "it has to do with money which Papa and Uncle Daan owe ..."
This time, Ina turned very pale:
"No," she exclaimed, "that would be ..."
"You can never tell. The best thing is not to talk about it. Besides, Papa won't let anything out, in any case."
But Ina's curiosity was too much for her. She nodded her head in her well-bred way, under the white bird of paradise in her hat:
"I must know," she said.
"How will you find out?"
"You might speak to Papa, ask him what's depressing him...."