“Out of the veld, Baas.”

“And where are you going to?”

“I have come to the Baas.”

“For what?”

“I have come to the Baas to look for work.”

“Ja, and what is your name?”

“I am old Gert Gemsbok, Baas.”

“What! Are you the vagabond Bushman who got Willem Bester into the tronk?”

“I am he, Baas.”

“And you come to ask me to give you work?”