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Usage examples of thins.

Tanneke had probably been trained by Maria Thins and still followed her orders, whatever Catharina said to her.

When I left the room, Maria Thins was still standing in front of the painting.

She was, as Maria Thins had said, not as beautiful as when the light struck her in the painting.

Saturday Catharina and Maria Thins took Tanneke and Maertge with them to the market in the square, where they would buy vegetables to last the week, staples and other things for the house.

I had to wait for Catharina to unlock the front door, but when I heard it swing open I came out to find Maria Thins with the key.

She took to staying in bed later and later, so that Maria Thins took over her keys and unlocked the studio door for me in the morning.

I had learned that I could voice opinions in front of Tanneke as long as Maria Thins was in some way praised.

She was fickle in her moods, perhaps from being caught between Catharina and Maria Thins for so many years.

And Maria Thins, for all her fairness, did not defend Tanneke from Catharina.

I never once heard Maria Thins berate her daughter for anything, though Catharina needed it at times.

Though Maria Thins rarely scolded Tanneke, they both knew she ought to, and this kept Tanneke uncertain and quick to defend herself.

Maria Thins unlocked the door for me and sometimes stayed a few minutes to check on the painting, as if it were a sick child she was nursing.

Catharina had little will to climb the stairs these days, but I wondered what Maria Thins, or Cornelia, or anyone would think if they saw us.

Maria Thins and Catharina with the sleeping baby in the Crucifixion room.

I set the tray down on the table my master and I had moved that morning Maria Thins came over.