“Your Highness—these people——”
“They show an inclination to enter, do they not, Mynheer?”
“Cannot Your Highness speak to them?” implored M. Beveren.
William smiled coldly.
“I have no authority, Mynheer, the burgomaster——”
“They will listen to no one but you, Your Highness.”
“Not even to their own magistrates, Mynheer?” inquired William maliciously.
Meanwhile the people were pressing into the hall of the inn, uttering shouts and threats.
“You do not seem very popular,” said the Prince dryly, surveying the unhappy councillors.