"Silence ... I may be a dead man by then--the jongejuffrouw remember--make for Ryswyk with her first of all--thence straight to Haarlem--to her father--you can do it easily. A fortune awaits you if you bring her safely to him. Fulfil my pledge, old compeers, if I am not alive to do it myself. I don't ask you to swear--I know you'll do it--and if I must to the gallows first I'll do so with a cry of triumph."

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