Part 58 (1/2)
”That is not a solution.”
”No, but Addie says....”
”That it will have to come....”
”Later, of itself.”
”I dare say he's right.... How is she?”
”Reconciled ... more reconciled.... I saw her the other day.”
”Don't leave her to herself.”
”No, we are not doing that.... It's not her fault. And she is a good mother to her children.”
”As you say, it's not her fault.”
”Nor Addie's either. It's our fault: Henri's and mine.”
”Why?”
”I don't know, I feel it is. It's all our fault. It's still the punishment dragging along.”
”No, no!”
”Yes, it is. Our child was doomed not to be happy ... because of us.”
”No.”
”You know quite well that you too ... look on it like that.”
”Not entirely.... If he had had certain understanding for himself....”
”He couldn't, because....”
”Hus.h.!.+ Say no more on that subject.... There _is_ a knowledge.... which is so sacred ... Which of us has that certain understanding for himself?... We all just let it come....”
”Look how dark it's growing.”
”Here comes the rain.”
”It's las.h.i.+ng against the windows.”
”Strange that, even in this weather, the house and this room don't seem sombre ... to me.”
”There is an air of so much affection in the house.... If Addie would only come! If he would only come now!... Tell me, Brauws, what is your opinion? What will be the end of it? Will they ever go back to each other?”
”Possibly ... later....”
”You can't say it positively?”