and Karel and Adolphine and Adolphine's two girls playing cards."
"And that light . . . ."
"What light?"
"All that light: don't you see it?"
"No, Mamma."
"He's lying there . . . on the floor."
"No, no, Mamma."
"Be quiet, child . . . I can see it plainly! . . . There, now it's gone! . . ."
"Mamma darling!"
"Constance . . ."
"Yes, Mamma? . . ."
"Go . . . go to Gerrit's house. . . ."
"Do you want me to go to him?"
"No, no, stay here. . . . Constance . . ."
"Yes, Mamma? . . ."
"Send your husband . . . or your son."
"Are you feeling anxious?"
"Anxious? . . . No. But send your husband. . . . or your son. . . . Send Addie. . . . If you send Addie . . . that'll be best."
"Would you like him just to go . . . and find out for you how Gerrit is?"
"Yes, yes."
"What's the matter with Mamma?" asked Van der Welcke.
"Isn't Mamma well?" asked Adolphine, at the card-table.
