"I had to send for you...."
"I thought it would be too much for you.... That's why I let Henri and Addie come without me...."
"Are we alone?"
"Yes, Mamma."
"Tell me, you didn't stay away ... because you were angry ... because you still bore a grudge?..."
"Oh, no! I was not angry. I thought it would be too much for you."
"Is that true?"
"Quite true."
"The simple truth?"
"The simple truth."