“For their sakes, advise your husband to sign.”
“What do you mean?”
“Madam—the people——”
She interrupted—
“Is the town delivered over to the mob?”
“It is in the hands of the friends of His Highness.”
“I think that means the same thing,” she flashed.
The captain became impatient.
“The paper—Madam—we must see M. de Witt.”