"And what am I now?" she asked, smiling, with her soul full of sadness.
"The lost sister ... found again."
"Yes, the lost sister, indeed!"
"Come, Sissy, not so gloomy!"
"My life has been hard to bear."
"But you have your boy, your child. Children are everything."
"My life has been nothing but mistake upon mistake. And I am so afraid that I shan't bring up my boy properly."
"Then leave that to your husband!" said Gerrit, man-like.
"Oh, really?" said Adeline. "Is she to leave that to her husband?"
"Yes, Adeline. Just as we do. I the boys, you the girls."