"Oh, nonsense!"
"I tell you, she doesn't trust us."
"But, surely there's a will; and, in any case, the law ..."
"Yes, but she doesn't know that, by Dutch law, all the children share and share alike. And, to make sure of what she's to get, she wants to be on the spot when Grandmamma dies. They owe a heap of money."
"And does he do nothing for a living?"
"No. He used to sell wine at Brussels."
"Nice people, those relations of yours, though they are barons and diplomatists!"
"Oh, we don't look upon them as relations! Mamma said so distinctly."
"And so," said Mr. Van Raven to Van Naghel and Van Saetzema, "you think they came to live here merely ..."
"Because they were feeling very lonely in Brussels."