"Then you made a good guess."
"But it's not the thing. Don't you want to get married in church either, Elly?"
"No, Aunt, I agree with Lot.... May I say Aunt?"
"Yes, certainly, child, say Aunt. No, it's not the thing. But you get that from the Derckszes: they never thought of what might be in store for them hereafter...."
The birds twittered and Aunt's high-pitched voice sounded aggressive.
"If Grandpapa could be at the wedding, I should do it perhaps, for his sake," said Elly. "But he's too old to come. Mamma Steyn doesn't make a point of it either."
"No, of course not!" screamed Aunt Stefanie.
"You see, Aunt, you're the only one in the family who does," said Lot.
He did not see Aunt Stefanie often; but, when he saw her, it amused him to draw her out.
"And there's no need to do it for my sake," said Aunt, self-righteously; and she thought to herself, "They sha'n't come in for a cent, if they don't get married in church and do the proper thing. I had intended to leave them something: now I shall leave everything to Harold's grandchildren. They at least behave properly...."