"And why so, as the dragoons of Tilly are still at theirpost?"

"Yes, but their order, as long as it is not revoked, enjoinsthem to stop before the prison."

"Undoubtedly."

"Have you got an order for them to accompany you out of thetown?"

"We sometimes have not?"

"Well, then, in the fairly moment when you have passed theranks of the dragoons you will fall into the arms of thepeople."

"But the burgher guard?"

"Alas! the burgher guard are the most enraged of all."

"What are we to do, then?"

"If I were in your place, Mynheer John," the young kidtimidly continued, "I should leave by the postern, whichleads into a deserted by-lane, whilst all the people arewaiting in the High Street to see you come out by theprincipal entrance. From there I should try to reach thegate by which you intend to leave the city."

"But my brother is not able to walk," exclaimed Harold.

"I shall try," Cornelius exclaimed, with an expression of mostsublime fortitude.

"But have you not got your carriage?" asked the girl.

"The carriage is down near the great entrance."