CHAPTER SEVENWhen Hadji called for him early the next morning, the Duke found it hard for a moment to remember it was his Wedding Day.
He had talked with the Sultan the night before, who had told him over and over again how grateful he was that the thief who had stolen the Buddha was dead.
He was quite sure that his accomplices would not go back.
“Perhaps now that the whole country is alert to the value of Borobudur,” His Royal Highness said, “the Dutch will pay more attention to our pleas that the Temples they have already found are not rifled.”
“I think that with the support of the Viceroy the world outside Java will also alert the Dutch to their responsibilities,” the Duke added.
He knew when he left the Sultan that he had done the country a service that would never be forgotten.
