Mr. Nijsted paused for a moment as if to make the story more dramatic before he continued,
“Then, almost like a miracle, you found in the Baron’s studio this picture which you think, you are almost sure, is a sketch made by Vermeer prior to painting Head of a Young Girl which now hangs in the Mauritshuis.”
Mr. Nijsted lowered his voice as he said,
“You have told no one what you have found because you are afraid if you do so, Nicolaes van Alnrardt, who is known to be trying to grab any picture he can lay his hands on, may hear of it.”
He looked at her to see if she was listening before he went on,
“Instead, as you have been told of the arrival of the Marquis of Kyneston, who, like yourself, is English, you have brought the picture to him knowing that you can trust him, while you might,
