"Oh, children," said Auntie, "don't quarrel.... There's soesah[25] enough, with that hor-r-rid article!"
Gerrit arrived:
"I thought I'd just look in, Mamma...."
"How's Adeline?"
"She's well. The doctor called this afternoon. She's very well indeed. Oh, she doesn't upset herself for a small affair like that!"
The big, fair man laughed nervously, boisterously filling the whole room with his loose-limbed strength. Then he went up to Constance:
"Connie," he whispered, "I'm so furious, so furious!"
"I haven't read it."
"Haven't you? Haven't you? Then don't!"
"But what do they say?"