Gerbrandt

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MeWhat are you doing here?
GerbrandtWho are you, then? Looks like you're new and have no idea what goes on around here.
GerbrandtThey call me Gerbrandt. To you, that's: Mr. Gerbrandt, sir. Got it?
MeI got it, Gerbrandt.
GerbrandtCareful with that big mouth of yours. You had better show me a little more respect, or you're headed for all kinds of trouble here.
GerbrandtI call the shots here. Whoever causes trouble has to answer to me and had better skip town in a hurry, because once I'm done with him, he'll wish he'd never laid eyes on me.
GerbrandtMost people around the harbor work for me. If you're ever looking for work, you had better see to it that my memories of you are pleasant ones.
MeI get the point, Mr. Gerbrandt, sir.
GerbrandtAt least it didn't take you long to grasp how the wind blows around here.
GerbrandtAs soon as business starts picking up again, I can surely find a use for a strapping lad like you.
GerbrandtYou would make an excellent depot master.
GerbrandtCan you read?
MeNo.
GerbrandtNever mind, at least you'll be able to lug a few sacks about.
GerbrandtIf I am satisfied with you, I might even offer you a permanent position. There is enough to do around here.
GerbrandtWell, then, I'll expect you when the first ships come back here to dock.
MeI don't want a job.
GerbrandtYou think you're awfully clever. Watch it, no one can get a job here as long as I don't approve.
GerbrandtSo if you keep giving me the lip like that, you can find yourself a bug-infested straw tick to sleep on, because that will be all you can afford.
GerbrandtThe time will come when you'll beg me to give you a job.
MeOf course.
GerbrandtFine, fine. Trained staff is hard to come by.
GerbrandtHow about your references?
MeReferences?
GerbrandtAll right, I shall remember your face. Once trade picks up again, come and see me. I just might have a job for you then.
GerbrandtWhat is that about - are you trying to mock me?
GerbrandtYou and your buddy Diego have wreaked enough havoc already.
GerbrandtLeave me alone!
MeAnything new?
GerbrandtPeople like you have no business up here. This is where the respectable society resides, and not tramps or crooks.
GerbrandtIf you should ever succeed in becoming wealthy and respectable, you might find yourself more welcome here.
GerbrandtI cannot complain, honorable Sir.
GerbrandtI have seen the likes of you - you simply don't know your place.
GerbrandtI shall have a talk with the governor concerning appropriate safety measures for the upper end of town.
GerbrandtThat's nobody's business but mine. I'm busy!
MeDiego says hello.
Gerbrandt(scared) What? Who? What Diego?
MeAnd he wants me to give you this letter.
Gerbrandt(agitated) That can't be. No. I'm a goner!
Gerbrandt(fearfully) Is he in town, then?
MeWho?
GerbrandtDiego, of course!
MeYes, I am going to meet him here shortly.
Gerbrandt(desperately, to himself) This is the end, then. All is lost.
GerbrandtI've got no time, I need to get out of here. Quick. If he finds me here, I'm done for.