“Yes,” said Adolphine sentimentally, “on New Year’s Eve we ought all to be here.”
“Just so,” said Uncle Ruyvenaer. “I agree.”
“Then, if you’ve had a quarrel....”
“You make it up again....”
“And start quarrelling again, with renewed courage, on the first of January,” grinned Jaap.
“But—I’ve always said so—what Constance has not got is ... a heart,” Adolphine continued, pathetically.
“Do you know what I think?” said Floortje, sinking her voice.
“What?”
“That she encourages Marianne.”
“What for?”