His operations were secret and rapid.

The Seigneur de Liedekerke had succeeded Champagny in the government of the city.

This appointment had been brought about by the agency of the Greffier Martini, a warm partisan of Orange.

The new Governor was known to be very much the Prince's friend, and believed to be at heart a convert to the Reformed religion.

With Martini and Liedekerke, De Bours arranged his plot.