Grenits shrugged his shoulders but made no reply.
“Why, don’t you know?” cried another, “it is all about that affair with Lim Ho! You have heard of the story of Lim Ho and the pretty baboe Dalima?”
“Aye—I know now—when Lim Ho so nobly resisted temptation—at least so says our Surgeon-major.”
“Yes,” added another voice, “and when our friend Grenits boxed somebody’s ears.”
“Ah, yes—Muizenkop did catch it—I say what has come of that business?”
“He has brought an action against me,” shortly replied Grenits.
“Has he? The brute! But how do you know that, Theodoor?”
“Why,” said Grenits, “he has served me with a summons.”
“Ai—! that means a few days’ free lodging for you, my friend. Well, never mind, we will come and look you up now and then—won’t we, gentlemen?”
“To be sure we will,” was the general chorus.