"I say, shall I help you unpack?"
"Mevrouw, I can't understand what the young mevrouw's baboe[10] says...."
"Mau apa,[11] Alima?"
"Njonja moeda[12] asks if njonja besar[13] would mind coming upstairs," said the baboe, in Malay.
"Yes, I'll come at once."
"What are you all doing here?" asked Marietje, at the door. "Mamma, has Emilie's dress come? May I see?"
"If you please, mevrouw, the old mevrouw and Mrs. van der Welcke are downstairs.... Shall I ask them to wait in the drawing-room?"
"Granny!" shouted Frans over the balusters.
"Half a moment!" said Henri, rushing down the stairs. "I'll fetch Granny and Auntie."
Marianne began sobbing again: