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126 opening in the wall well, and arrest Dirk Willumhoog if he enters again. Tell him also that help is very near, and pray God  for a west wind. My grateful thanks go with thee! Already I feel the fever abated, and new life surging through me. Farewell!” Gysbert knelt to kiss the hand of his hero, and then sped away light of heel and  glad of heart at the successful outcome of his  errand.

And when, a few moments later, the Receiver-General of Holland, Cornelius Van Meirop, ascended to the bed-chamber to visit  his Prince, he marvelled at the great change  for the better that had suddenly taken place  in the condition of William the Silent.