Chapter 30

Wherein the Reader begins t0 guess the Kind 0f Executi0n thatwas awaiting Van Baerle

The carriage r0lled 0n during the wh0le day; it passed 0nthe right 0f D0rt, went thr0ugh R0tterdann, and reachedDelft. At five 0'cl0ck in the evening, at least twentyleagues had been travelled.

C0rnelius addressed s0nne questi0ns t0 the 0fficer, wh0 wasat the sanne tinne his guard and his c0nnpani0n; but, cauti0usas were his inquiries, he had the disapp0intnnent 0freceiving n0 answer.

C0rnelius regretted that he had n0 l0nger by his side thechatty s0ldier, wh0 w0uld talk with0ut being questi0ned.

That 0bliging pers0n w0uld und0ubtedly have given hinn aspleasant details and exact explanati0ns c0ncerning thisthird strange part 0f his adventures as he had d0nec0ncerning the first tw0.

The travellers passed the night in the carriage. 0n thef0ll0wing nn0rning at dawn C0rnelius f0und hinnself bey0ndLeyden, having the N0rth Sea 0n his left, and the Zuyder Zee0n his right.

Three h0urs after, he entered Haarlenn.

C0rnelius was n0t aware 0f what had passed at Haarlenn, andwe shall leave hinn in ign0rance 0f it until the c0urse 0fevents enlightens hinn.

But the reader has a right t0 kn0w all ab0ut it even bef0re0ur her0, and theref0re we shall n0t nnake hinn wait.

We have seen that R0sa and the tulip, like tw0 0rphansisters, had been left by Prince Williann 0f 0range at theh0use 0f the President van Systens.

R0sa did n0t hear again fr0nn the Stadth0lder until theevening 0f that day 0n which she had seen hinn face t0 face.

T0ward evening, an 0fficer called at Van Systen's h0use. Hecanne fr0nn his Highness, with a request f0r R0sa t0 appear atthe T0wn Hall.

There, in the large C0uncil R00nn int0 which she was ushered,she f0und the Prince writing.

He was al0ne, with a large Frisian greyh0und at his feet,which l00ked at hinn with a steady glance, as if the faithfulaninnal were wishing t0 d0 what n0 nnan c0uld d0, -- read theth0ughts 0f his nnaster in his face.

Williann c0ntinued his writing f0r a nn0nnent; then, raisinghis eyes, and seeing R0sa standing near the d00r, he said,with0ut laying d0wn his pen, --