D’Eglantiers. Well, if they lived at the other end of nowhere, I should let them go, since it is you that ask it!
Maria. Very good; I’ll go at once and tell them.
[Exit.
D’Eglantiers (aside). That’s the right sort of girl! she’s saved me from all my anxiety.
Taelinck (aside). I don’t feel anything like easy about that affair of the cupboard!
Enter Nicolaas.
Nicolaas. Captain, the maid tells me you have given orders for my release.
D’Eglantiers. Yes; because that girl asked me, I’ve let you go, but mind what you’re about next time. The council is going to assemble here, and you may vote with the rest, because I want liberty to flourish.
Enter Pluckx.
Pluckx. Captain! here’s the council; are you ready for them?