the next day. john de witt and his servant Creake went to the hague prison. they were going to take cornelius from the prinson. then the three men were going to leave the country. The jailer of the prison was called Gryphus. He was a bad-tempered old man. Gryphus had a beautiful daughter. She was seventeen year old, and she helped her father at the prison.
'Good morning, Gryphus, 'John De Witt said to the old jailer. 'look, here is a paper fromthe judges. My brother is not a prisoner now. I am going to take him away from the prison today.'
Gryphus and his daughter took John De Witt to his brother's cell. Gryphus unlocked the door. Then he walked away.
John De Witt looked at Gryphus'beautiful daughter and he smiled at her