"What?"
"You're upsetting Aunt Marie: don't you see?"
"But, good Lord...!"
"Oh, do stop about Constance."
"What have I said?..."
"If you don't stop, you'll make Aunt Marie cry. Don't you understand?..."
"Oh, mustn't I talk about Constance? There's always something in our family one mustn't talk about.... It's beyond me!"
And Uncle began to stride up and down the rooms again, rubbing his hands, which were still cold.
Two very old aunts entered. They were the Miss Ruyvenaers, very old ladies, turned eighty and looking more than that, unmarried sisters of Uncle and of Mrs. van Lowe. Their names were Dorine and Christine; but the younger generations called them Auntie Rine and Auntie Tine:
"So nice of you," said Mrs. van Lowe. "So nice...."