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I longed to tell him that in all probability he would be relieved from Heemskirk's visitations also. As if with this guileless comedy father such a thing were possible! Strangely enough, the last words on the subject of Heemskirk were spoken by Freya, and in that very sense. The lieutenant was turning up persistently in old Nelson's conversation at dinner.
She gave an almost imperceptible nod of assent, and glided away. "Hurry up that brandy!" old Nelson shouted, as she disappeared in the passage. Heemskirk relieved his deeper feelings by a sudden string of curses in Dutch and English which he sent after her. "Dear me, dear me! Is it so bad? I know well what it is. I used to frighten my poor wife sometimes.
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.
She did not want to provoke Heemskirk needlessly. And the lieutenant, perceiving that smile, was mollified. It never entered his head that his outward appearance, a naval officer, in uniform, could appear ridiculous to that girl of no position the daughter of old Nielsen. The recollection of her arms round Jasper's neck still irritated and excited him. "The hussy!" he thought. "Smiling eh?
What Heemskirk intended by taking upon himself to detain the Bonito it is difficult to say, except that he meant to bring some trouble into the life of the man favoured by Freya. He had been looking at Jasper with a desire to strike that man of kisses and embraces to the earth. The question was: How could he do it without giving himself away?
The strait, it may be mentioned, is still playfully termed "the windpipe of the Pacific." One night Tasman held a council on board the Heemskirk, and suggested to the officers that the tide showed that an opening must exist to the east, for which they had better search. But he did not persevere.
She went on playing loudly and correctly, as though she were alone, as if Heemskirk did not exist. That proceeding irritated him. "Come! You may deceive your father," he bawled angrily, "but I am not to be made a fool of! Stop this infernal noise . . . Freya . . . Hey! You Scandinavian Goddess of Love! Stop! Do you hear? That's what you are of love.
And sleep you will not, and tomorrow sick you will be; and anxious and tired I shall be; and who for? The Marquise de Tounnerre! Well then, Joris, in thy old age it is late for thee to bow down to the Marquise de Tounnerre!" "To God Almighty only I bow down, Lysbet, and as for titles what care of them has Jons Van Heemskirk?
Jasper did not even turn his head for a glance. But Heemskirk, on the bridge, had gazed long and earnestly at the brig from the distance, gripping hard the brass rail in front of him, till, the two ships closing, he lost all confidence in himself, and retreating to the chartroom, pulled the door to with a crash.
There is now no question of the law as a profession, for since your cousin's death your prospects have entirely changed. But consider, George, that not only this estate, but also the estate of your Grandfather Van Heemskirk must eventually come to you. Much of both has been bought from confiscated properties, and it is not improbable that claimants may arise who will cause you trouble.
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