Her alarm was almost beyond control.

She was certain that the storm was ready to burst upon Brussels, and that every Catholic was about to be massacred before her eyes.

Aremberg, Berlaymont, and Noircarmes were with the Duchess when the other seigniors arrived.
A part of the Duke of Aerschot's company had been ordered out to escort the projected flight to Mons.

Orange, Horn, Egmont, and Hoogstraaten implored her to desist from her fatal resolution.

They represented that such a retreat before a mob would be the very means of ruining the country.