“He fears to compromise himself in the eyes of M. de Witt,” said Hyacinthe St. Croix instantly.
“You have gained nothing from this Van Mander as to the Prince’s actual thoughts?”
“No, he is no way in his intimacy; the Prince has hardly spoken to him.”
“What we need is to gain some one in his confidence.”
“I fear it is impossible, Monseigneur,” answered St. Croix. “I believe his best friends are M. Triglandt, a fanatical Calvinist——”
“His former tutor.”
“—whom it would be folly to approach——”
“Naturally—and the other?”
“M. Bentinck, at Brandenburg.”
“It would be no use meddling with him——”