"Marie's her mother, after all: one can't blame her."
"But the family...."
"Ought to have stopped her...."
"From coming to the Hague."
"That's what I think, mevrouw."
"Yes, so do I."
"She's living on her husband's people."
"Well, the Van Lowes all got something from the father, you know."
"It wasn't much."
"No, not much."