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The ladies always exclaimed : `` Please go on if you can ; we 're not tired at all , '' though they looked very pale and ill ; so he did n't stop until he tumbled off his music-stool , and had to be carried away to bed , where he lay for two days . But the Frisian girls suffered no bad consequences , and said , if he had not given up , they would have sat listening for at least a week . Once Jonkheer Brederode had a big yacht which he lent to the Belgian king for a trip , and there was a Frisian skipper . Every morning the decks were washed at five o'clock , and the king sent word that he would be glad to have it done later in the day , as it waked him up , and he could not go to sleep again . Then the Frisian answered , `` Very sorry , King , but we always do wash the decks at five , and it must be done '' ; which amused his majesty so much that he made no more objections . If the people of Friesland have great individuality , so have their meers . There was a canal through which we had to pass after Stavoren , like a long , green-walled corridor leading into a huge room .