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At this moment the sonorous boom of the Stadhouse clock told, stroke after stroke, the hour of seven; the eyes of both master and student were directed to the door; and it was not until the last peal of the bell had ceased to vibrate, that Douw exclaimed     "So, so; we shall have his worship presently, that is, if he means to keep his hour; if not, you may wait for him, Godfrey, if you court his acquaintance. AT THIS MOMENT THE SONOROUS BOOM OF THE STADHOUSE CLOCK TOLD STROKE AFTER STROKE THE HOUR OF SEVEN THE EYES OF BOTH MASTER AND STUDENT WERE DIRECTED TO THE DOOR AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE LAST PEAL OF THE BELL HAD CEASED TO VIBRATE THAT DAL EXCLAIMED SO SO WE SHALL HAVE HIS WORSHIP PRESENTLY THAT IS IF HE MEANS TO KEEP HIS HOUR IF NOT YOU MAY WAIT FOR HIM GODFREY IF YOU COURT HIS ACQUAINTANCE
the apartment with the restless step of impatient expectation, sometimes pausing to glance over the work of one of his absent pupils, but more frequently placing himself at the window, from whence he might observe the passengers who threaded the obscure by-street in which his studio was placed. "Said you not, Godfrey," exclaimed Douw, after a long and fruitful gaze from his post of observation, and turning to Schalken, "that the hour he appointed was about seven by the clock of the Stadhouse?" "It had just told seven when I first saw him, sir," answered the student. "The hour is close at hand, then," said the master, consulting a horologe as large and as round as an orange. "Minheer Vanderhausen from Rotterdam--is it not so?" "Such was the name." "And an elderly man, richly clad?" pursued Douw, musingly. "As well as I might see," replied his pupil; "he could not be young, nor yet very old, neither; and his dress was rich and grave, as might become a citizen of wealth and consideration. HAT OF SHALKIN WAS DESERTED GERARD DAL WAS PACING THE APARTMENT WITH THE RESTLESS STEP OF IMPATIENT EXPECTATION SOMETIMES PAUSING TO GLANCE OVER THE WORK OF ONE OF HIS ABSENT PUPILS BUT MORE FREQUENTLY PLACING HIMSELF AT THE WINDOW FROM WHENCE HE MIGHT OBSERVE THE PASSENGERS WHO THREADED THE OBSCURE BY STREET IN WHICH HIS STUDIO WAS PLACED SAID YOU NOT GODFREY EXCLAIMED DAL AFTER A LONG AND FRUITFUL GAZE FROM HIS POST OF OBSERVATION AND TURNING TO SHALKIN THAT THE HOUR HE APPOINTED WAS ABOUT SEVEN BY THE CLOCK OF THE STADHOUSE IT HAD JUST TOLD SEVEN WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM SIR ANSWERED THE STUDENT THE HOUR IS CLOSE AT HAND THEN SAID THE MASTER CONSULTING A HORILOGE AS LARGE AND AS ROUND AS AN ORANGE MYNHEER VAN DERHAUSEN FROM ROTTERDAM IS IT NOT SO SUCH WAS THE NAME AND AN ELDERLY MAN RICHLY CLAD PURSUED DAL MUSINGLY AS WELL AS I MIGHT SEE REPLIED HIS PUPIL HE COULD NOT BE YOUNG NOR YET VERY OLD NEITHER AND HIS DRESS WAS RICH AND GRAVE AS MIGHT BECOME A CITIZEN OF WEALTH AND CONSIDERATION
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