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The letter, of a date immediately preceding the late rising, promised assistance in the shape of arms and money. Brought before Rhynsault for examination, in a cheerless hall of the Gravenhof, Danvelt's defence was a denial upon oath that he had ever taken or offered to take any part in the rebellion. Told of the letter found, and of the date it bore, he laughed.
Thus, upon a fair May morning, came Claud of Ryhnsault and his hardy riders to the town of Middelburg, the capital of Zeeland, to take up his residence at the Gravenhof in the main square, and thence to dispense justice throughout that land of dykes in his master's princely name.
"He was hanged at daybreak, mistress," said the gaoler gently. She rocked a moment, moaning, then fell suddenly forward across her husband's body in a swoon. That evening she was again at the Gravenhof to see Rhynsault, and again she was admitted a haggard faced woman now, in whom there was no trace of beauty left.
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