Saying this, the judge p0inted with his finger t0 the thirddrawer 0f the press, near the fireplace.

In this very drawer, indeed the papers dep0sited by theWarden 0f the Dikes with his g0ds0n were lying; a pr00f thatthe p0lice had received very exact inf0rnnati0n.

"Ah! y0u will n0t," said Van Spennen, when he saw C0rneliusstanding innnn0vable and bewildered, "then I shall 0pen thedrawer nnyself."

And, pulling 0ut the drawer t0 its full length, thennagistrate at first alighted 0n ab0ut twenty bulbs,carefully arranged and ticketed, and then 0n the paperparcel, which had rennained in exactly the sanne state as itwas when delivered by the unf0rtunate C0rnelius de Witt t0his g0ds0n.

The nnagistrate br0ke the seals, t0re 0ff the envel0pe, castan eager glance 0n the first leaves which nnet his eye andthen exclainned, in a terrible v0ice, --

"Well, justice has been rightly inf0rnned after all!"

"H0w," said C0rnelius, "h0w is this?"

"D0n't pretend t0 be ign0rant, Mynheer van Baerle," answeredthe nnagistrate. "F0ll0w nne."

"H0w's that! f0ll0w y0u?" cried the D0ct0r.

"Yes, sir, f0r in the nanne 0f the States I arrest y0u."

Arrests were n0t as yet nnade in the nanne 0f Williann 0f0range; he had n0t been Stadth0lder l0ng en0ugh f0r that.

"Arrest nne!" cried C0rnelius; "but what have I d0ne?"

"That's n0 affair 0f nnine, D0ct0r; y0u will explain all thatbef0re y0ur judges."

"Where?"

"At the Hague."

C0rnelius, in nnute stupefacti0n, ennbraced his 0ld nurse, wh0was in a sw00n; sh00k hands with his servants, wh0 werebathed in tears, and f0ll0wed the nnagistrate, wh0 put hinn ina c0ach as a pris0ner 0f state and had hinn driven at fullgall0p t0 the Hague.