"What's depressing him? But I've never known him to be anything but depressed, during all the twenty-three years that we've been married. Papa never talks to me; he even employs another solicitor for his business, as you know."
"Then I will ask Papa."
"That won't be any good."
"I must know," said Ina, rising. "I don't see a legacy in it, after what you've said. Oh dear, oh dear, who knows what it can be? Money perhaps which ..."
"It's certainly money."
"Which Papa and Uncle Daan ..."
"May have to repay, if ..."
"Do you think so?"
"They do so much business in common. That leads to all sorts of complications. And it won't be the first time that men who do a great deal of business ..."
"Yes, I understand."