“So had the other councillors.”

“Have they signed?”

“The signature of M. de Witt is the one lacking, Madam.”

She tried to rally herself.

“This is a revolution——”

He corrected—

“A restoration.”

“It has nothing to do with my husband——”

“He is a councillor of Dordt.”

“Mynheer,” she appealed to the secretary in great agitation, “I swear to you M. de Witt is ill——”