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Nine o'clock at length came, and with it a summons at the street door, which being speedily answered, was followed by a slow and emphatic tread upon the staircase; the steps moved heavily across the lobby, the door of the room in which the party we have described were assembled slowly opened, and there entered a figure which startled, almost appalled, the phlegmatic Dutchmen, and nearly made Rose scream with terror. NINE O'CLOCK AT LENGTH CAME AND WITH IT A SUMMONS AT THE STREET DOOR WHICH BEING SPEEDILY ANSWERED WAS FOLLOWED BY A SLOW AND EMPHATIC TREAD UPON THE STAIRCASE THE STEPS MOVED HEAVILY ACROSS THE LOBBY THE DOOR OF THE ROOM IN WHICH THE PARTY WE HAVE DESCRIBED WERE ASSEMBLED SLOWLY OPENED AND THERE ENTERED A FIGURE WHICH STARTLED ALMOST APPALLED THE PHLEGMATIC DUTCHMAN AND NEARLY MADE ROSE SCREAM WITH TERROR
e him think us poor or sluttish." With these words he left her, and took his way to the room in which his pupils worked. When the evening closed in, Gerard called Schalken, who was about to take his departure to his own obscure and comfortless lodgings, and asked him to come home and sup with Rose and Vanderhausen. The invitation was, of course, accepted and Gerard Douw and his pupil soon found themselves in the handsome and, even then, antique chamber, which had been prepared for the reception of the stranger. A cheerful wood fire blazed in the hearth, a little at one side of which an old-fashioned table, which shone in the fire-light like burnished gold, was awaiting the supper, for which preparations were going forward; and ranged with exact regularity, stood the tall-backed chairs, whose ungracefulness was more than compensated by their comfort. The little party, consisting of Rose, her uncle, and the artist, awaited the arrival of the expected visitor with considerable impatience. F OUT HANDSOMELY I WILL NOT HAVE HIM THINK US POOR OR SLUTTISH WITH THESE WORDS HE LEFT HER AND TOOK HIS WAY TO THE ROOM IN WHICH HIS PUPILS WORKED WHEN THE EVENING CLOSED IN GERARD CALLED SHALKIN WHO WAS ABOUT TO TAKE HIS DEPARTURE TO HIS OWN OBSCURE AND COMFORTLESS LODGINGS AND ASKED HIM TO COME HOME AND SUP WITH ROSE AND VANDERHAUSEN THE INVITATION WAS OF COURSE ACCEPTED AND GERARDOW AND HIS PUPILS SOON FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE HANDSOME AND EVEN THEN ANTIQUE CHAMBER WHICH HAD BEEN PREPARED FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE STRANGER A CHEERFUL WOOD FIRE BLAZED IN THE HEARTH A LITTLE AT ONE SIDE OF WHICH AN OLD FASHIONED TABLE WHICH SHONE IN THE FIRELIGHT LIKE BURNISHED GOLD WAS AWAITING THE SUPPER FOR WHICH PREPARATIONS WERE GOING FORWARD AND RANGED WITH EXACT REGULARITY STOOD THE TALL BACKED CHAIRS WHOSE UNGRACEFULNESS WAS MORE THAN COMPENSATED BY THEIR COMFORT THE LITTLE PARTY CONSISTING OF ROSE HER UNCLE AND THE ARTIST AWAITED THE ARRIVAL OF THE EXPECTED VISITOR WITH CONSIDERABLE IMPATIENCE
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