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Rh replied, “but there is a rumor that the Prince has discovered him and had him cast into prison.” Then the two passed out of  hearing. But Gysbert snapped his fingers delightedly and cried:

“Hansleer, is it! Now I know where we are, Jacqueline! The Prince told me that the name of the wretch who was deceiving  him was Joachim Hansleer,—dost thou not  remember? And it is due to me that he has been imprisoned! How much dost thou suppose our lives would be worth if Dirk Willumhoog and Vrouw Hansleer knew that! Long live the Prince, and may he keep our secret!”

But one day when Gysbert was looking from the window, he was startled by the sight  of a figure that had something familiar in  its aspect. It was a man in the uniform of a Spanish soldier who was tall and finely built,  but his face could not be seen by the boy. Presently however, he looked up, and