"Yes."
"Do you feel better now, in the air?"
"Yes ... especially after your nice little egg."
"No, don't be silly, Gerrit. You don't look half as well as usual."
"And I feel simply rotten ... if you really want to know."
"Still?"
"Yes ... but it'll pass off.... I ... I always sleep very well; and just because of that a bad night upsets me...."
"But that's an exception, isn't it?"
"Yes, of course, it's an exception. Don't be anxious about me, Sissy. I've a hide like a rhinoceros. I'm the pachyderm of the family. I haven't got your dainty little constitution...."
"I am so glad when I come to you, Gerrit. I always brighten up in your house."