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Upon the next day, Gerard Douw, after dinner, called his niece to him and having scanned her person with an air of satisfaction, he took her hand, and looking upon her pretty innocent face with a smile of kindness, he said:     "Rose, my girl, that face of yours will make your fortune." ON THE NEXT DAY GERARD DAL AFTER DINNER CALLED HIS NIECE TO HIM AND HAVING SCANNED HER PERSON WITH AN AIR OF SATISFACTION HE TOOK HER HAND AND LOOKING UPON HER PRETTY INNOCENT FACE WITH A SMILE OF KINDNESS HE SAID ROSE MY GIRL THAT FACE OF YOURS WILL MAKE YOUR FORTUNE
n which menaced his dearest projects. Gerard Douw knew nothing of the attachment which had sprung up between his pupil and his niece; and even if he had, it is doubtful whether he would have regarded its existence as any serious obstruction to the wishes of Minheer Vanderhausen. Marriages were then and there matters of traffic and calculation; and it would have appeared as absurd in the eyes of the guardian to make a mutual attachment an essential element in a contract of the sort, as it would have been to draw up his bonds and receipts in the language of romance. The painter, however, did not communicate to his niece the important step which he had taken in her behalf, a forebearance caused not by any anticipated opposition on her part, but solely by a ludicrous consciousness that if she were to ask him for a description of her destined bridegroom, he would be forced to confess that he had not once seen his face, and if called upon, would find it absolutely impossible to identify him. D NOT KNOW THE RUIN WHICH MENACED HIS DEAREST PROJECTS GERARD DAL KNEW NOTHING OF THE ATTACHMENT WHICH HAD SPRUNG UP BETWEEN HIS PUPIL AND HIS NIECE AND EVEN IF HE HAD IT IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER HE WOULD HAVE REGARDED ITS EXISTENCE AS ANY SERIOUS OBSTRUCTION TO THE WISHES OF MYNHEER VANHAUSEN MARRIAGES WERE THEN AND THERE MATTERS OF TRAFFIC AND CALCULATION AND IT WOULD HAVE APPEARED AS ABSURD IN THE EYES OF THE GUARDIAN TO MAKE A MUTUAL ATTACHMENT AND ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN A CONTRACT OF THE SORT AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO DRAW UP HIS BONDS AND RECEIPTS IN THE LANGUAGE OF ROMANCE THE PAINTER HOWEVER DID NOT COMMUNICATE TO HIS NIECE THE IMPORTANT STEP WHICH SHE HAD TAKEN IN HER BEHALF A FORBEARANCE CAUSED NOT BY ANY ANTICIPATED OPPOSITION ON HER PART BUT SOLELY BY A LUDICROUS CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IF SHE WERE TO ASK HIM FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HER DESTINED BRIDEGROOM HE WOULD BE FORCED TO CONFESS THAT HE HAD NOT ONCE SEEN HIS FACE AND IF CALLED UPON WOULD FIND IT ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY HIM
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