Ihailedoneoftheadjacentruffians，andgotintohisrowboat，withmykit。Wereachedthevessel—theycalledherthe_Henrythe_Navigator—justasthefirstshore—boatwasleaving。ThecrowdinitwereallPortuguese，whichsuitedmybook。
ButwhenIwentuptheladderthefirstmanImetwasoldPeterPienaar。
Herewasapieceofsheermonumentalluck。Peterhadopenedhiseyesandhismouth，andhadgotasfaras’_Allemachtig’，whenI
shuthimup。
’Brandt，’Isaid，’CornelisBrandt。That’smynamenow，anddon’tyouforgetit。Whoisthecaptainhere？IsitstilloldSloggett？’