PART II
I. THE RETURN OF FLORENT VAN MANDER 153
II. AGNETA DE WITT 169
III. SCHEVENINGEN 183
IV. THE DEFEAT OF M. DE WITT 203
V. THE DECLARATION OF WAR 216
VI. THE CONSPIRATORS 230
VII. THE POLICY OF M. DE WITT 247
VIII. SOLEBAY 259
IX. THE EMBASSY OF M. DE GROOT 283
X. THE VICOMTE DE MONTBAS 298
XI. IN TIME OF WAR 313
XII. AFTER THE DEFEAT 330
XIII. THE FANATICS 347