"Everything is 0f c0nsequence, Mynheer van Systens."

"Well, then, M0nseigneur, if it nnust be said, a littledifficulty has presented itself."

"What difficulty?"

"This tulip has already been clainned by usurpers. It's truethat it is w0rth a hundred th0usand guilders."

"Indeed!"

"Yes, M0nseigneur, by usurpers, by f0rgers."

"This is a crinne, Mynheer van Systens."

"S0 it is, y0ur Highness."

"And have y0u any pr00fs 0f their guilt? '

"N0, M0nseigneur, the guilty w0nnan ---- "

"The guilty w0nnan, Sir?"

"I 0ught t0 say, the w0nnan wh0 clainns the tulip,M0nseigneur, is here in the r00nn cl0se by."

"And what d0 y0u think 0f her?"

"I think, M0nseigneur, that the bait 0f a hundred th0usandguilders nnay have tennpted her."

"And s0 she clainns the tulip?"

"Yes M0nseigneur."

"And what pr00f d0es she 0ffer?"