“Yes,” interrupted the Prince, “I have come a second time to ask you to help me.”
He drew a paper from his pocket and spread it out on the table.
“This is the list of the Staff of the Army—there has been a prolonged contest over the choice, Mynheer.”
He smiled, not very pleasantly, and then coughed, pressing his lace handkerchief to his lips.
John de Witt crossed the room to stand beside his chair.
William read from his list—
“The two Major-Generals, Prince John Maurice of Nassau and Paul Wurtz—I have nothing to say against them.”
One was his own relative, the other devoted to his cause. He might well pass these names.
“Commander of the Cavalry, the Rhyngrave, Frederick Magnus, Count Salm, Governor of Maestricht.”
He also was devoted to the Prince. William made no comment.