"It is a very serious matter," said Gerrit Rond, the burgomaster, to Kobus.
    "Very serious, indeed," replied Kobus, the veldwachter.
    "It is a disgrace to the whole parish!" continued the burgomaster.
    "An everlasting disgrace!" repeated the veldwachter.
    Then followed an ominous silence, in the course of which the burgomaster, with gloomy countenance and wildly rolling eyes, attentively followed the movements of a fly which was leisurely walking about the stately expanse of his waistcoat; while the veldwachter kept a watchful eye on his superior's features, that he might not fail to mould his own accordingly.—"The Dominie." (The Humour of Holland, Dircks, 1894)