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The admiral read them in haste , gave immediate orders for surrounding and breaking into the house of the Jew Lazarus , in which the military found nobody but an old tom-cat , and then desired Mr Vanslyperken to hold the cutter in readiness to embark troops and sail that afternoon : but troops do not move so fast as people think , and before one hundred men had been told off by the sergeant with their accoutrements , knapsacks , and sixty pounds of ammunition , it was too late to embark them that night , so they waited until the next morning . Moreover , Mr Vanslyperken had orders to draw from the dock-yard three large boats for the debarkation of the said troops ; but the boats were not quite ready , one required a new gunwale , another three planks in the bottom , and the third having her stern out , it required all the carpenters in the yard to finish it by the next morning . Mr Vanslyperken 's orders were to proceed to the cave , and land the troops , to march up to the cave , and to cover the advance of the troops , rendering them all the assistance in his power in co-operating with the major commanding the detachment ; but where the cave was , no one knew , except that it was thereabouts . The next morning , at eight o'clock , the detachment , consisting of one hundred men , were embarked on board of the cutter , but the major commandant , finding that the decks were excessively crowded , and that he could hardly breathe , ordered section first , section second , and section third , of twenty-five men each , to go into the boats and be towed . After which there was more room , and the cutter stood out for St. Helen 's . We must now return to Mynheer Krause , who , after he had delivered over his gold , locked up his counting-house and went up to the saloon , determining to meet his fate with all the dignity of a Roman senator , he sent for his daughter , who sent word back that she was packing up her wardrobe , and this answer appeared but reasonable to the syndic , who , therefore , continued in his chair , reflecting upon his approaching incarceration , conning speeches , and anticipating a glorious acquittal , until the bell of the cathedral chimed the half hour after ten . He then sent another message to his daughter , and the reply was that she was not in the room , upon which he dispatched old Koops to Ramsay , requesting his attendance .