On a River Vessel

Josien Buys wondered that afternoon, was she in a somber mood or was she very content? But, as a healthy girl of 23 years old she did not want to be absorbed by that question. The date was Wednesday, October 1, and her birthday had just been celebrated last night. Now, at eight o’clock in the morning her three young brothers had left in a rowboat to a small tributary to catch eels. They had told her that it was the right kind of weather for it; the weather report of the radio had said that it...