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86 was still as weak as a baby, yet able to crawl about his room listlessly, and inquire after  the progress of the siege. His admiration for, and devotion to the girl who had brought  him safely through his peril was beyond all  expression, and he did little else when she  was near, than follow her with his eyes in an  ecstasy of dumb admiration.

Vrouw Voorhaas utterly disapproved of Jacqueline’s mission to the sick, and spared  no pains to make her disapproval known. She was constantly in terror lest the girl herself should become infected, and scolded, muttered and sighed whenever Jacqueline prepared to go out. But the young girl’s determination was too firm to be shaken by  the older woman’s expostulations, and her  interest and devotion to the work had grown  with her increasing responsibility. Dr. de Witt secretly marvelled at her quiet firmness, skill, and unflinching courage. More and more did he rack his brains to elucidate  the mystery of her strange resemblance to