PART I

I. THE IDEALS OF M. DE WITT 3

II. THE INTRIGUERS 15

III. MASTER AND PUPIL 25

IV. M. DE WITT’S SECRETARY 41

V. THE CHALLENGE 55

VI. MIDDELBURG 66

VII. THE MANIFESTO 79

VIII. M. DE WITT AND HIS HIGHNESS 89

IX. AMALIA OF SOLMS 103

X. AT THE HOUSE OF M. LE MARQUIS DE POMPONNE 112

XI. THE BALL IN THE BINNENHOF 122

XII. THE SPY OF FRANCE 135