Let us first of all provide for her.

How are the roads to Delft ?" "They are cut, and no one will be able to pass after to-morrow or the day after." "Then calm yourself, Henrica, and let us consider what is to be done." The questions and counter-questions began, and Henrica gazed in astonishment at the delicate young wife, for with unerring resolution and keenness, she held the first voice in the consultation.

The surest means of gaining information was to seek that very day a reliable messenger, by whom to send Anna d'Avila money, and if possible bring her to Holland.

The burgomaster declared himself ready to advance from his own property, a portion of the legacy bequeathed Henrica's sister by Fraulein Van Hoogstraten, and accepted his guest's thanks without constraint.
"But whom could they send ?" Henrica thought of Wilhelm; he was her sister's friend.
"But he is in the military service," replied the burgomaster.

"I know him.