“And you did not tell me, Amine.”
“I wished that you should be surprised,” replied Amine.
“I am surprised! When do you sail again, Mynheer Philip? very soon, I suppose? perhaps to-morrow?” said Mynheer Poots.
“Not for many months, I trust,” replied Philip.
“Not for many months!—that is a long while to be idle. You must make money. Tell me, have you brought back plenty this time?”
“No,” replied Philip; “I have been wrecked, and very nearly lost my life.”
“But you will go again?”
“Yes, in good time I shall go again.”
“Very well, we will take care of your house and your guilders.”
“I shall perhaps save you the trouble of taking care of my guilders,” replied Philip, to annoy the old man, “for I mean to take them with me.”