your mother ...
who is the owner ...
from long time, and you are her daughter newly arrived from England? Nicht wahr? Sie verstehen nicht Deutsch, gnaediges Fraulein ?" "No," said Vivie, "I don't speak much German, and fortunately you speak such perfect English that it is not necessary." "I have stayed some time in England," was the reply; "I was once military attache in London.
Both your voice and your face seem--what should one say? Familiar to me.
Are you of London ?" "Yes, I suppose I may say I am a Londoner, though I believe I was born in Brussels.