They caught fish, cooked supper and ate it, and then fell to guessing at what the village was thinking and saying about them; and the pictures they drew of the public distress on their account were gratifying to look upon--from their point of view.
Er werd weder visch gevangen en gebakken, en toen deze verorberd was, ging men zich in gissingen verdiepen, omtrent de geruchten, die er te St. Petersburg over hen zouden verspreid worden; en de schilderijen, die zij over den algemeenen rouw ophingen, gaven van hun standpunt gezien, reden tot tevredenheid.