18/30 He will say, 'Hans, you were drunk again. Pay a pound and ten shillings more, which is the price of good white justice, or go to the _trunk_ for fourteen days and make baskets there for the great Queen to use.' Baas, I have the price of the justice which is ten shillings, but I want to borrow the pound for the fine." "Hans, I think that just now you are better able to lend me a pound than I am to lend one to you. My bag is empty, Hans." "Is it so, Baas? If necessary I can make baskets for the great white Queen to put her food in, for fourteen days, or mats on which she will wipe her feet. The _trunk_ is not such a bad place, Baas. |