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One evening, the painter and his pupil were sitting by the fire, having accomplished a comfortable meal, and had yielded to the silent and delicious melancholy of digestion, when their ruminations were disturbed by a loud sound at the street door, as if occasioned by some person rushing and scrambling vehemently against it. ONE EVENING THE PAINTER AND HIS PUPIL WERE SITTING BY THE FIRE HAVING ACCOMPLISHED A COMFORTABLE MEAL AND HAD YIELDED TO THE SILENT AND DELICIOUS MELANCHOLY OF DIGESTION WHEN THEIR RUMINATIONS WERE DISTURBED BY A LOUD SOUND AT THE STREET DOOR AS IF OCCASIONED BY SOME PERSON RUSHING AND SCRAMBLING VEHEMENTLY AGAINST IT
 it from the view of the Dutch coachman. In the inside of the vehicle he found a purse, whose contents more than thrice paid the hire of the carriage and man. He saw and could tell nothing more of Minheer Vanderhausen and his beautiful lady. This mystery was a source of profound anxiety and even grief to Gerard Douw. There was evidently fraud in the dealing of Vanderhausen with him, though for what purpose committed he could not imagine. He greatly doubted how far it was possible for a man possessing such a countenance to be anything but a villain, and every day that passed without his hearing from or of his niece, instead of inducing him to forget his fears, on the contrary tended more and more to aggravate them. The loss of her cheerful society tended also to depress his spirits; and in order to dispel the gloom, which often crept upon his mind after his daily occupations were over, he was wont frequently to ask Schalken to accompany him home, and share his otherwise solitary supper. RKNESS CONCEALED IT FROM THE VIEW OF THE DUTCH COACHMAN IN THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE HE FOUND A PURSE WHOSE CONTENTS MORE THAN THRICE PAID THE HIRE OF THE CARRIAGE AND MAN HE SAW AND COULD TELL NOTHING MORE OF MYNHEER VAN DERHAUSEN AND HIS BEAUTIFUL LADY THIS MYSTERY WAS A SOURCE OF PROFOUND ANXIETY AND EVEN GRIEF TO GERARD DAL THERE WAS EVIDENTLY FRAUD IN THE DEALING OF VAN DERHAUSEN WITH HIM THOUGH FOR WHAT PURPOSE COMMITTED HE COULD NOT IMAGINE HE GREATLY DOUBTED HOW FAR IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR A MAN POSSESSING SUCH A COUNTENANCE TO BE ANYTHING BUT A VILLAIN AND EVERY DAY THAT PASSED WITHOUT HIS HEARING FROM OR OF HIS NIECE INSTEAD OF INDUCING HIM TO FORGET HIS FEARS ON THE CONTRARY TENDED MORE AND MORE TO AGGRAVATE THEM THE LOSS OF HER CHEERFUL SOCIETY TENDED ALSO TO DEPRESS HIS SPIRITS AND IN ORDER TO DISPEL THE GLOOM WHICH OFTEN CREPT UPON HIS MIND AFTER HIS DAILY OCCUPATIONS WERE OVER HE WAS WONT FREQUENTLY TO ASK SHALKIN TO ACCOMPANY HIM HOME AND SHARE HIS OTHERWISE SOLITARY SUPPER
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