CHUVA DE SANGUE NO LADO ESCURO DO PARAÍSO

CHAPTER EIGHT

Van Keulen walks to a hatch in the cabin of the huge and pompous Overijssel. Carpentier makes notes in a nautical letter. Also it's possible hear the sound of cannons blasting.

-Het is bijna donker, Servaes - Keulen says. - Hoe lang zullen zij daar nog stand houden? (23)

- Ooo..., niet lang meer - Carpentier mumbles. - Zij zullen zich zeker spoedig overgeven. (24)

-Het is een mooi fort. Klein, maar mooi - Keulen says and sighs romantically. (25)

At the same time that the two officers of the WIC talk inside the cabin of the Overijssel (the giant floating, armed with more than eighty cannons), Lieutenant Bijma, Captain Maulpas and the Dutch troops are camped outside the fort. Bijma contemplates the impressive stone building in the shape of a star.

- Geef acht, soldaten! (26)

The Dutch troops point their guns to the fortress, where Portuguese and Brazilian soldiers are hiding.

-Brand! (27)

NOTES

Note (23): It will be dark soon. For how long will they resist?

Note [24]: Ohhh, not long. They'll soon surrender.

Note (25): It's a very beautiful fort. Small, but beautiful.

Note [26]: Attention, soldiers!

Note [27 ]: Fire!