Kneir.

Oh, good God!

Bos.

[To Cobus and Daan.] Why are you listening? [They bow in a scared way and hastily go on.] This looks like a dive—drunkenness and rioting.

Jo.

[Excusing.] It’s Aunt’s birthday.

Geert.

[Angrily.] Mother’s birthday or not, we do as we please here.

Bos.

You change your tone or——