"There is nothing at all in the man," said Chantonnay.
Certainly the expression was not a fortunate one.

Time was to show that there was more in the man than in all the governors despatched successively by Philip to the Netherlands; but the proof was to be deferred to a later epoch.

Meantime, his mother was occupied and exceedingly perplexed with his approaching nuptials.

He had been affianced early in the year to the Princess Donna Maria of Portugal.

It was found necessary, therefore, to send a fleet of several vessels to Lisbon, to fetch the bride to the Netherlands, the wedding being appointed to take place in Brussels.