"People used to talk a lot about it at one time. They've forgotten it now. It all happened so long ago. Mamma did not behave at all properly. Yes, she has been very sinful."
"Could that be what they were talking about?"
"No, I don't think so. Uncle Daan knew all about it. And Papa would not have said, 'I've known it for sixty years.'"
"No," said Ina, lost in conjecture.
And her usually weary eyes were bright and clear, in their effort to penetrate the vagueness of the Thing which she saw.
"No," said Stefanie, "it can't be that."
"What then?"
"Something ... about Mamma."
"About Grandmamma?"
"Yes, it's sure to have been about Grandmamma.... Sixty years ago...."