"No, Mamma, he won't be alone. There's a cousin coming to live with him: you know, old Freule[27] van der Welcke...."
"No, I don't remember. I often muddle people and names."
"Cousin Betsy van der Welcke...."
"No, I don't remember...."
"She's coming to live with the old man. We would have liked him to have had a companion to keep house for him ... because Cousin Betsy herself is so old."
"A companion, a companion: you want everybody to have a companion. So the old man will be all alone...."
"No, Mamma, the old cousin's coming."
"Which old cousin?"
"Cousin Betsy van der Welcke."
"Who?"