What was going on all this Time in the Mind of one of the Spectators

           WhilstCorneliuswasengagedwithhisownthoughts,acoachhaddrivenuptothescaffold.Thisvehiclewasfortheprisoner.Hewasinvitedtoenterit,andheobeyed.

           HislastlookwastowardstheBuytenhof.HehopedtoseeatthewindowthefaceofRosa,brighteningupagain.

           Butthecoachwasdrawnbygoodhorses,whosooncarriedVanBaerleawayfromamongtheshoutswhichtherabbleroaredinhonourofthemostmagnanimousStadtholder,mixingwithitaspiceofabuseagainstthebrothersDeWittandthegodsonofCornelius,whohadjustnowbeensavedfromdeath.

           Thisreprievesuggestedtotheworthyspectatorsremarkssuchasthefollowing:—

           “It’sveryfortunatethatweusedsuchspeedinhavingjusticedonetothatgreatvillainJohn,andtothatlittlerogueCornelius,otherwisehisHighnessmighthavesnatchedthemfromus,justashehasdonethisfellow.”

           AmongallthespectatorswhomVanBaerle’sexecutionhadattractedtotheBuytenhof,andwhomthesuddenturnofaffairshaddisagreeablysurprised,undoubtedlytheonemostdisappointedwasacertainrespectablydressedburgher,whofromearlymorninghadmadesuchagooduseofhisfeetandelbowsthatheatlastwasseparatedfromthescaffoldonlybythefileofsoldierswhichsurroundedit.

           ManyhadshownthemselveseagertoseetheperfidiousbloodoftheguiltyCorneliusflow,butnotonehadshownsuchakeenanxietyastheindividualjustalludedto.