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Rh over by this traitor to the Spanish fury!” “But what makes me feel the worst,” raged Gysbert, “is that I could not warn the  burgomaster of that breach, as the Prince  bade me! Why did I not think to tell Mynheer Van der Werf before I went away! Why didst not thou tell him, Jacqueline!”

“I somehow never thought of it when I was with him, and he never asked me how Dirk  got in. I think his mind was all but distracted with the burden of the city’s distress, so that he could give no heed to what seemed  then but a comparatively light matter. Oh, Gysbert! can we do nothing about it! Surely God who led us to overhear this vile plot will show us the way to foil it!”

“I think He will!” said Gysbert reverently. “And anyhow, I am going to pray to-night that He show us some means of getting out of our prison and warning the city. Wilt thou too, Jacqueline!”

“I will indeed!” answered the girl. “And before we go to bed we will work long at the