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"Minheer Vanderhausen from Rotterdam  is it not so?" "Such was the name." "And an elderly man, richly clad?" MYNHEER VAN DERHAUSEN FROM ROTTERDAM IS IT NOT SO SUCH WAS THE NAME AND AN ELDERLY MAN RICHLY CLAD
e painted; or a poor relation to be apprenticed; or a collection to be valued; or--pshaw! there's no one in Rotterdam to leave me a legacy. Well, whatever the business may be, we shall soon know it all." It was now the close of day, and again every easel, except that of Schalken, was deserted. Gerard Douw 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 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. T CAN HE WANT OF ME A PORTRAIT PERHAPS TO BE PAINTED OR A POOR RELATION TO BE APPRENTICED OR A COLLECTION TO BE VALUED OR PSHAW THERE'S NO ONE IN ROTTERDAM TO LEAVE ME A LEGACY WELL WHATEVER THE BUSINESS MAY BE WE SHALL SOON KNOW IT ALL IT WAS NOW THE CLOSE OF DAY AND AGAIN EVERY EASEL EXCEPT THAT 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
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