Conseil was in ecstasy. Carried away by his violent instincts, Ned Land leaped up the companionway. But as soon as his hands seized the railing, he was thrown backward in his turn.
Koenraad was in verrukking; Ned Land, slechts aan zijne hevige driften gehoor gevende, vloog naar de trap, maar, nauwelijks had hij de trapleuning aangegrepen, of hij werd op zijne beurt terug geslingerd.