"I'll go to-morrow morning." "Not to-morrow," replied Van Hout.

"The Prince rides fast, and if you don't find him in Delft--" "Do you go first," urged the burgomaster, "you have the record of our session." "I cannot; but to-day you, the Prince's friend, for the first time lack good-will." "You are right, Jan," exclaimed the burgomaster, "and you shall know what holds me back." "If it is anything a friend can do for you, here he stands," said von Nordwyk.
Van der Werff grasped the hand the young nobleman extended, and answered, smiling: "No, my lord, no.

You know my young wife.

To-day we should have celebrated the first anniversary of our marriage, and amid all these anxieties I disgracefully forgot it." "Hard, hard," said Van Hout, softly.

Then he drew himself up to his full height, and added resolutely: "And yet, were I in your place, I would go, in spite of her." "Would you go to-day ?" "To-day, for to-morrow it may be too late.