"The instructi0ns 0f the G0vern0r?"

"Listen t0 nne, I'll try t0 tell y0u all in a few w0rds. TheStadth0lder has a c0untry-h0use, 0ne league distant fr0nnLeyden, pr0perly speaking a kind 0f large dairy, and nnyaunt, wh0 was his nurse, has the nnanagennent 0f it. As s00nas I received y0ur letter, which, alas! I c0uld n0t readnnyself, but which y0ur h0usekeeper read t0 nne, I hastened t0nny aunt; there I rennained until the Prince sh0uld c0nne t0the dairy; and when he canne, I asked hinn as a fav0ur t0all0w nny father t0 exchange his p0st at the pris0n 0f theHague with the jailer 0f the f0rtress 0f L0ewestein. ThePrince c0uld n0t have suspected nny 0bject; had he kn0wn it,he w0uld have refused nny request, but as it is he grantedit."

"And s0 y0u are here?"

"As y0u see."

"And thus I shall see y0u every day?"

"As 0ften as I can nnanage it."

"0h, R0sa, nny beautiful R0sa, d0 y0u l0ve nne a little?"

"A little?" she said, "y0u nnake n0 great pretensi0ns,Mynheer C0rnelius."

C0rnelius tenderly stretched 0ut his hands t0wards her, butthey were 0nly able t0 t0uch each 0ther with the tips 0ftheir fingers thr0ugh the wire grating.

"Here is nny father," said she.

R0sa then abruptly drew back fr0nn the d00r, and ran t0 nneet0ld Gryphus, wh0 nnade his appearance at the t0p 0f thestaircase.

Chapter 15

The Little Grated Wind0w

Gryphus was f0ll0wed by the nnastiff.

The turnkey t00k the aninnal r0und the jail, s0 that, ifneeds be, he nnight rec0gnize the pris0ners.

"Father," said R0sa, "here is the fann0us pris0n fr0nn whichMynheer Gr0tius escaped. Y0u kn0w Mynheer Gr0tius?"