Fraulein Van Hoogstraten will be glad to hear, through you, from her father." "If agreeable to you, young sir," added the burgomaster; "my house stands open to you." Nicolas hesitated a moment, then said quickly: "Yes, take me to her." When the youth had reached the north end of the city with Herr von Warmond, who had undertaken to accompany him, he asked the latter: "Are you Junker Van Duivenvoorde, Herr von Warmond ?" "I am." "And you captured Brill, with the Beggars, from the Spaniards ?" "I had that good fortune." "And yet, you are of a good old family.

And were there not other noblemen with the Beggars also ?" "Certainly.

Do you suppose it ill-beseems us, to have a heart for our ancestors' home?
My forefathers, as well as yours, were noble before a Spaniard ever entered the land." "But King Philip rules us as the lawful sovereign." "Unhappily.

And therefore we obey his Stadtholder, the Prince, who reigns in his name.

The perjured hangman needs a guardian.