Cob.

Tja, tja.

Daan.

Sharks not like me—They’ll swallow a corpse. Peh! I saw old Willem bitten in two till the blood spouted on high. And he was a thin man.

Clem.

Was old Willem eaten by a shark?

Daan.

By one? By six. Quick as he fell overboard they grabbed him. The water was red.

Clem.

Hey! How frightful. And yet—I’d rather like to see a thing like that.