"She wants to go to Court...."
"To Court...."
"But that's not the only reason."
"No, he too is afraid that his parents will disinherit him, as far as they can...."
"And now he proposes...."
"To soften them, by means of the child...."
"Which isn't even his!"
"What difference does that make?"
"The old people don't know!..."
And they ferreted very industriously and dug up the sand and kept up their cross-fire as a sport for the tea-parties and evening-parties, at the Club and at Scheveningen.