“Well, if you have seen it with your own eyes, that’s a different case altogether.”
“At all events,” said the servant, “I shall go and inquire once more. Be you quiet, sir, I shall let you know all about it.”
Boxtel contented himself with signifying his approval of the zeal of his servant by dumb show.
The man went out, and returned in half an hour.
“Oh, sir, all that I told you is indeed quite true.”
“How so?”
“Mynheer van Baerle is arrested, and has been put into a carriage, and they are driving him to the Hague.”
“To the Hague!”
“Yes, to the Hague, and if what people say is true, it won’t do him much good.”
“And what do they say?” Boxtel asked.