Ulbo Garvema

In the prologue a boat with some shipwrecked persons is drifting at sea Among them is Baron van Waldheim who before he dies of exhaustion entrusts his little son Alfred to the care of his butler Hendrik The evil Jan van Oort persuades Hendrik to give him the Barons papers When they put the boy ashore he wounds himself on a nail leaving a scar that will later prove his identity For years Van Oort manages to pass himself off as Baron van Waldheim he is married and has a daughter and a son One day Hendrik turns up demanding a job as butler swearing that otherwise he will betray Van Oorts secret Meanwhile Alfred now an adult known as Ulbo Garvema has become a teacher Unaware of who Van Oort really is he accepts the position of tutor to Van Oorts children He falls in love with the daughter but Van Oort refuses to give his consent to their marriage Ulbo and the girl elope