“It’s much quieter, now that she’s staying away.”
“Well, I don’t mind a bit of a kick-up,” said Jaap.
“Have you had to-day’s Dwarskijker, Jaap?”
“Yes, but they’ve stopped putting in anything about us.”
“It’s really a piece of cheek on her part, not to come any more on Sundays....”
“And to go rushing off to Nice....”
“And not even arrange to be back on New Year’s Eve.”
“Yes; and then we hear about ‘longing for the family.’”
“And even on New Year’s Eve....”
“She takes good care to keep away.”