would only send me off at once to deny the rumor, so I may just as well not lose the time.”
“But, Gysbert, what can that mean at the first?” said Jacqueline, “‘—evidently in Belfry Lane.’ Can it possibly refer to us?”
“I do not doubt that it is just what it does refer to,” he replied. “He has, most likely, found out where we live. He means mischief, I tell thee, not only to the country but to us also, though what we have done to merit his attention, I cannot imagine.”
“Thou didst anger him, Gysbert, that day at the gate, and he has not forgotten. But there is something else beside. What can it be? Ah, I fear harm is coming to us!”
“Well, I for one am not going to think about that, when this other matter is so much more important,” replied Gysbert, characteristically. “This very night I shall disguise myself as usual, and make one more trip through the camp. As I must travel all the way to Rotterdam, I may not return
