"Oh, really?"
"But, Gerrit, if I leave Addie to Van der Welcke, I shall have nothing left, nothing."
"Then be bolder and have no fear."
"Oh, life is sometimes so difficult!... So, Adeline, Gerrit, you will care a little for your lost sister who has been found again?"
Adeline kissed Constance.
Mamma van Lowe approached, radiant, as always, at the "family-group" which she had brought together.
"Mamma, I am so glad, so happy, to be among you all!" murmured Constance.
The maids entered with the coats and wraps.
[9] A diminutive of kabaai, a native jacket with sleeves.