“This is a peace wholly advantageous——”
“To me, my lord; not to the States.”
Buckingham was contemptuous.
“The States! do they any longer exist?—a handful of traders—always opposed to Your Highness.”
“I must not remember that now, sir, for I am entrusted with their sole defences.”
“Why, the better for you—since you have your revenge put into your hand.”
The Prince narrowed his eyes on him.
“I am Dutch, my lord.”
Buckingham accepted the rebuke with a shrug.