"And then, it seems, goes and gets murdered in Paris . . ."
"For a girl?"
"Yes . . . some obscure story about a girl . . . in Paris."
"I thought he had committed suicide?"
"We really don't know anything. Constance wrote no particulars."
"In any case, it's not over-respectable."
"I call it a damned rotten business."
"Constance has gone on ahead with Emilie."
"Yes. What a sight Emilie looked!"
"Very odd, that sister and brother."
"Yes, it was because of him that she left her husband. And now—no doubt through his own imprudence—stabbed, I suppose . . . ?"
"Unless he committed suicide."
"Van Raven, after all, was a decent fellow."
"Van Raven? I believe you! Van Raven was a very decent fellow."
"Those young Van Naghels never had a sensible bringing-up. . . ."
"No, I bring my boys up very differently."
"Ah, but then they're fine boys!"
"Is Van der Welcke in the first coach?"
"Yes, with Otto, Paul and Addie."
"Then why did they put us in the second coach?"
"Perhaps it was a mistake."
