“Oh, there’s something behind that.”
“Yes, Bilderdyk is a patriot.”
“A genuine Hollander!”
“A genuine——”
“He will give those foreigners something to think about.”
“Sh!—— ... not much flattery. No Hollander is going to do that.”
“Sh!”
Everybody stood up. A footman appeared in the royal box, probably to see whether the cushions were straight on the chairs, or not.
“The idea, the very idea of standing up before a lackey!”
It was enough to make them indignant; but they had done it, even those who protested loudest. There were city aldermen in the number, and doctors, and professors, and prominent business men, including, perhaps, the great Kopperlith.