I went straight to Hoorn, and set patiently to work to find the house of the traveller and his descendants, if any.

I need not trouble you with details of my seeking--and finding.

Hoorn is a place that has not changed much since Van Huyn's time, except that it has lost the place which it held amongst commercial cities.

Its externals are such as they had been then; in such a sleepy old place a century or two does not count for much.

I found the house, and discovered that none of the descendants were alive.