... the Stadtholder! She poured a goblet full of wine. Diogenes gave her a quick glance of approval. Then he picked up the goblet, stood upon his ...
... to wait, and Diogenes, after his brief glimpse of Gilda, felt easier in his mind, less impatient. Already he chided himself for his gloomy forebodings. ...
... to hesitate, my friend, the Stadtholder remarked, with that tone of bitterness which had become habitual to him. Methought you said that the English ...
... of stars seemed but a diamond-studded veil of mysterious indigo, stretched over a world of light, which it failed altogether to dim. The silence ...
... desire for solitude. Gregariousness is essentially the attribute of youth. And Gilda had no one in whom she could confide. Her father, in truth, ...
... calmly, trusting to that stranger who came, God knows whence, he was warning De Berg to effect a quick crossing It is false! protested ...
... that he had not the time to visualize it all. De Voocht, who was in the hall of the burgomaster's house from the moment when the Stadtholder bade ...
... the strain of seeing the hated tyrants once more within the gates of their peace-loving little city, those who had no responsibilities, and those ...
... us battle, with any chance of success. You can tell De Berg to send you or another back to me here when the crescent moon is forty-eight ...
... office, with black cloak and velvet bonnet but he wore a steel gorget round his neck and rapier by his side. At the sight of his arch enemy, ...
... has not murdered our peaceful citizens, burned down our houses, or violated our homes, we tender him our thanks. As for the future, the treacherous ...
... traitors who were there ready to obey their master's every command. She paused, too, in order to murmur a quick prayer for Divine guidance, seeing ...
... he was saying in a smooth conciliatory voice. Gilda had always a wilful temper. And a tenacious one, Stoutenburg retorted. She is ...
... to his will. There was of necessity a vast amount of confusion and din ere order was restored among the debris and conversation was impossible ...
... Arnheim and Nijmegen may have capitulated by now, Stoutenburg broke in derisively. Sold to De Berg, like Amersfoort and Ede, by the craven ...
... or two, intent and still, with eager, probing glance fixed upon the blind man. Now, when Jan questioned him with a look, he gave his faithful ...
... in the land of his birth the future Stadtholder of the United Province, wedded to the richest heiress in the Netherlands happy, feared, and ...
... Never knew his father until recently. Some said the bridegroom's name was really Blakeney, and that his father was a very rich and very great ...
... service. It failed to carry far enough. The tiny windows were impracticable the soldiers were outside at the rear of the building, out of ...
... which placed her face to face with what was a mere semblance of her beloved, she had never doubted him, when even the Stadtholder seemed to ...