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354 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.