y had bestowed on him, together
with a coat of arms bearing three blue doves on a silver field and two
crossed keys.

With the Prince's consent the legacies bequeathed by old Fraulein Van
Hoogstraten to her relatives and servants, had been paid, and Wilhelm now
occupied with his wife a beautiful new house, that did not lack a
dovecote, and where Maria, though her four children gave her little time,
took part in many a madrigal. The musician had much to say about Rome and
his beautiful sister-in-law Henrica, to Adrian, now a fine young man, who
had graduated at the University and was soon to be admitted to the
council. Belotti, after the death of the young girl's father, who had
seen and blessed Anna again, went to Italy with her, where she lived as
superior of a secular institution, where music was cultivated with
special devotion.

Barbara did not appear among the guests. She had plenty to do in the
kitchen. Her white caps were now plaited with almost coquettish skill and
care, and the firm, contented manner in which she ruled Trautchen and the
two under maid-servants showed that everything was going on well in
Peter's house and business. It was worth while to do a great deal for the
guests upstairs. Junker von Warmond was among them, and had been given
the seat of honor between Doctor Grotius and Janus Dousa, the first
trustee of the University, for he had become a great nobleman and
influential statesman, who found much difficulty in getting time to leave
the Hague and attend the banquet with his young assistant, Nicolas Van
Wibisma. He drank to Meister Aquanus as eagerly and gaily as ever,
exclaiming:

"To old times and our friend, Georg von Dornburg."

"With all my heart," replied the landlord. "We haven't heard of his bold
deeds and expeditions for a long time."

"Of course! The fermenting wine is now clear. Dornburg is in the English
service, and four weeks ago I met him as a member of her British
Majesty's navy in London. His squadron is now on the way to Venice. He
still cherishes an affectionate memory of Leyden, and sends kind
remembrances to you, but you would never recognize in the dignified
commander and quiet, cheerful man, our favorite in former days. How often
his enthusiastic temperament carried him far beyond us all, and how it
would make the heart ache to see him brooding mournfully over his secret
grief."

"I met the Junker in Delft," said Doctor Grotius. "Such enthusiastic
natures easily so