Stand here and you can count the fires on the far side. Some nights, you lose the rowing beat before you finish counting.

• ArnketilA broken beat means a new hand's picked up an oar.
  AslaugOr the hand at the oar is breaking it on purpose.
• UlfridOld woman, you said the same thing yesterday.
  AslaugIt was true yesterday, so I'm saying it again today.