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He had not proceeded far in his discourse when the farmer stopped him, saying, "Will Mynherr sit down and wait a little, he shall have the Hottentots." He was as good as his word, the barn was crowded, the sermon was preached, and the astonished Hottentots dispersed. "Who," said the farmer, "hardened your hammer to deal my head such a blow?
There, by their law of entail, the same process is unswifter, yet does it unvary. The poor aristocrats, almost back to shirt-sleeves, with their taxes and entailed lands, seek for the money in shops of dress and bonnet and ale, and graciously rent their castles to the but-newly-opulent in American oil or the diamonds of South Africa. Here the posterity of your Mynherr Knickerbocker do likewise.
"You will board the brig with a boat's crew!" "Ya, mynherr!" "You will have one of your men to steer her all the time," went on Heemskirk, giving his orders in English, apparently for Jasper's edification. "You hear?" "Ya, mynherr." "You will remain on deck and in charge all the time." "Ya, mynherr."
On the contrary, the young ladies seated themselves demurely in their rush-bottomed chairs, and knit their own woolen stockings, nor ever opened their lips except to say "yaw, mynherr," or "yaw, yaw, Vrouw," to any question that was asked them, behaving in all things like decent, well educated damsels.
"Not as coin, sir, but as collateral to coin, we have plenty." "He speaks of collaterals in currency, as if he were discussing a pedigree! Are you really, Mynherr Shouldercalf, so little advanced in your country, as not to know the immense advantages of a currency of 'promises'?" "As I do not understand exactly what the nature of this currency is, sir, I cannot answer as readily as I could wish."
Jasper answered: "Eighteen rifles with their bayonets, which were on board when I bought her, four years ago. They have been declared." "Where are they kept?" "Fore-cabin. Mate has the key." "You will take possession of them," said Heemskirk to the gunner. "Ya, mynherr." "What is this for? What do you mean to imply?" cried out Jasper; then bit his lip. "It's monstrous!" he muttered.
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