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"
Alas
!
Monseigneur
,
"
the
Captain
answered
sadly
,
"
I
should
like
it
much
better
if
these
two
difficulties
were
still
in
your
Highness
's
way
of
becoming
de
facto
Stadtholder
of
Holland
.
"
"
Certainly
,
it
would
have
been
better
,
"
said
William
,
"
if
what
did
happen
had
not
happened
.
But
it
can
not
be
helped
now
,
and
we
have
had
nothing
to
do
with
it
.
Let
us
push
on
,
Captain
,
that
we
may
arrive
at
Alphen
before
the
message
which
the
States-General
are
sure
to
send
to
me
to
the
camp
.
"
The
Captain
bowed
,
allowed
the
Prince
to
ride
ahead
and
,
for
the
remainder
of
the
journey
,
kept
at
the
same
respectful
distance
as
he
had
done
before
his
Highness
called
him
to
his
side
"
How
I
should
wish
,
"
William
of
Orange
malignantly
muttered
to
himself
,
with
a
dark
frown
and
setting
the
spurs
to
his
horse
,
"
to
see
the
figure
which
Louis
will
cut
when
he
is
apprised
of
the
manner
in
which
his
dear
friends
De
Witt
have
been
served
!
Oh
thou
Sun
!
thou
Sun
!
as
truly
as
I
am
called
William
the
Silent
,
thou
Sun
,
thou
hadst
best
look
to
thy
rays
!
"
And
the
young
Prince
,
the
relentless
rival
of
the
Great
King
,
sped
away
upon
his
fiery
steed
,
--
this
future
Stadtholder
who
had
been
but
the
day
before
very
uncertainly
established
in
his
new
power
,
but
for
whom
the
burghers
of
the
Hague
had
built
a
staircase
with
the
bodies
of
John
and
Cornelius
,
two
princes
as
noble
as
he
in
the
eyes
of
God
and
man
.
Whilst
the
burghers
of
the
Hague
were
tearing
in
pieces
the
bodies
of
John
and
Cornelius
de
Witt
,
and
whilst
William
of
Orange
,
after
having
made
sure
that
his
two
antagonists
were
really
dead
,
was
galloping
over
the
Leyden
road
,
followed
by
Captain
van
Deken
,
whom
he
found
a
little
too
compassionate
to
honour
him
any
longer
with
his
confidence
,
Craeke
,
the
faithful
servant
,
mounted
on
a
good
horse
,
and
little
suspecting
what
terrible
events
had
taken
place
since
his
departure
,
proceeded
along
the
high
road
lined
with
trees
,
until
he
was
clear
of
the
town
and
the
neighbouring
villages
.
Being
once
safe
,
he
left
his
horse
at
a
livery
stable
in
order
not
to
arouse
suspicion
,
and
tranquilly
continued
his
journey
on
the
canal-boats
,
which
conveyed
him
by
easy
stages
to
Dort
,
pursuing
their
way
under
skilful
guidance
by
the
shortest
possible
routes
through
the
windings
of
the
river
,
which
held
in
its
watery
embrace
so
many
enchanting
little
islands
,
edged
with
willows
and
rushes
,
and
abounding
in
luxurious
vegetation
,
whereon
flocks
of
fat
sheep
browsed
in
peaceful
sleepiness
.
Craeke
from
afar
off
recognised
Dort
,
the
smiling
city
,
at
the
foot
of
a
hill
dotted
with
windmills
.
He
saw
the
fine
red
brick
houses
,
mortared
in
white
lines
,
standing
on
the
edge
of
the
water
,
and
their
balconies
,
open
towards
the
river
,
decked
out
with
silk
tapestry
embroidered
with
gold
flowers
,
the
wonderful
manufacture
of
India
and
China
;
and
near
these
brilliant
stuffs
,
large
lines
set
to
catch
the
voracious
eels
,
which
are
attracted
towards
the
houses
by
the
garbage
thrown
every
day
from
the
kitchens
into
the
river
.
Craeke
,
standing
on
the
deck
of
the
boat
,
saw
,
across
the
moving
sails
of
the
windmills
,
on
the
slope
of
the
hill
,
the
red
and
pink
house
which
was
the
goal
of
his
errand
.
The
outlines
of
its
roof
were
merging
in
the
yellow
foliage
of
a
curtain
of
poplar
trees
,
the
whole
habitation
having
for
background
a
dark
grove
of
gigantic
elms
.
The
mansion
was
situated
in
such
a
way
that
the
sun
,
falling
on
it
as
into
a
funnel
,
dried
up
,
warmed
,
and
fertilised
the
mist
which
the
verdant
screen
could
not
prevent
the
river
wind
from
carrying
there
every
morning
and
evening
.
Having
disembarked
unobserved
amid
the
usual
bustle
of
the
city
,
Craeke
at
once
directed
his
steps
towards
the
house
which
we
have
just
described
,
and
which
--
white
,
trim
,
and
tidy
,
even
more
cleanly
scoured
and
more
carefully
waxed
in
the
hidden
corners
than
in
the
places
which
were
exposed
to
view
--
enclosed
a
truly
happy
mortal
.
This
happy
mortal
,
rara
avis
,
was
Dr.
van
Baerle
,
the
godson
of
Cornelius
de
Witt
.
He
had
inhabited
the
same
house
ever
since
his
childhood
,
for
it
was
the
house
in
which
his
father
and
grandfather
,
old
established
princely
merchants
of
the
princely
city
of
Dort
,
were
born
.
