"Yes, doctor, absolutely."
"Here he comes."
Ernst came shuffling into the garden from the verandah; he knew Addie and smiled:
"Where's Mamma?" he asked.
"She'll be back this afternoon, Uncle. Are you coming for a walk with me?"
"No, I'm going to wait for Mamma," said Ernst, in a suspicious voice, with a glance at the doctor.
Nevertheless, Addie succeeded in coaxing him outside, down the road. And then Ernst took Addie by the arm and said:
"Do you know what's so rotten? That fellow's hidden Mamma."
"No, Uncle, really he hasn't."
"Yes, he has, my boy. The fellow's buried her somewhere in the dunes. Shall we go and look for her?"