Kaps.

[Looking.] The Jacoba? no, the Queen Wilhelmina? no, the Mathilde? no—the Good Hope?—We can whistle for her. The Expectation?

Bos.

What was the gross total?

Kaps.

Fourteen hundred and forty-three guilders and forty-seven cents.

Bos.

I thought so. How could you be so ungodly stupid, to deduct four guilders, 88, for the widows and orphans’ fund?

Kaps.

Let’s see. [Figuring.]—1,443—3 per cent off—that’s 1,400—that’s gross three hundred and 87 guilders—yes, it should be three guilders, 88, instead of four, 88.