:08:00
Five weeks without...
without even a game of penny poker...
:08:05
and... and now this.
:08:14
Very pretty, this fretwork.
:08:16
It is quite ingenious.
:08:18
Ah, here is my head clerk.
:08:21
Come in, Jeffris.
We have a question for you.
:08:24
Miss Leplastrier, Mr. Hopkins.
This is from the horse's mouth.
:08:28
Jeffris is quite the explorer.
:08:30
He has been there, up north,
on the road survey.
:08:34
- Wasn't it, Jeffris?
- Yes.
:08:36
He knows all
the ins and outs.
:08:40
Would that road
be of any use?
:08:43
If you were carrying cargo
of any sort...
:08:45
- it would be a fool's way to go.
- Oh.
:08:49
Well, we... Yes.
:08:51
We will have cargo, yes.
:08:54
- Then you must go by sea.
- Mr. Hopkins is set on going overland.
:08:59
- Is that so?
- Yes. Yes, I'm afraid it is.
:09:02
Going by land, of course,
one of your main problems...
:09:05
is the butchering habits
of the blacks up north.
:09:08
But you must know that.
If you go...
:09:11
as all the incompetents
have done...
:09:13
smack bang through the center
of their kingdoms, what can you expect?
:09:16
It is like thrusting your bare hand
into a beehive.
:09:21
Gets them hopping mad.
:09:23
Ergo, you take your time...
:09:26
go around their boundaries,
and you're left alone.
:09:31
- Who knows these boundaries?
- I do.
:09:33
Whoa. Ease up.
You are not stealing my head clerk.
:09:42
- Morning, Captain.
- Good morning. Mr. Hopkins.
:09:44
We're having a rehearsal,
Mr. Jeffris.
:09:46
I shall need some assistance
at Bellingen.
:09:50
Though it need not be skilled.
I have learned to glaze.
:09:54
- Excellent.
- It's... It's a lot harder than Latin verbs.