“What do you mean?”
“She’s in love with Hans.”
“Hush!” she whispered, trembling, and laid her hand on his hand. “Hush!”
“She is in love with Hans.”
“How do you know?”
“I see it.... It radiates from their whole being....”
They both of them looked at Van der Welcke and Marianne. The two were whispering together with a glance and a smile, half-hidden behind a fan, while Paul, Gerrit and Van Vreeswijck were in the midst of an eager discussion and Addie gallantly entertaining Aunt Adeline, who was smiling gently.
“Please hush!” Constance entreated again, very pale. “I know she’s in love with him.”
“You know it?”
“Yes.”