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The President van Systens

           

           GryphusagainwentupinhisfurytoVanBaerle,abusedhim,threatenedhim,knockedallthemiserablefurnitureofhiscellabout,andpromisedhimallsortsofmisery,evenstarvationandflogging.

           Cornelius,withoutevenhearingwhathisjailersaid,allowedhimselftobeill-treated,abused,andthreatened,remainingallthewhilesullen,immovable,deadtoeveryemotionandfear.

           AfterhavingsoughtforRosaineverydirection,GryphuslookedoutforJacob,and,ashecouldnotfindhimeither,hebegantosuspectfromthatmomentthatJacobhadrunawaywithher.

           Thedamsel,meanwhile,afterhavingstoppedfortwohoursatRotterdam,hadstartedagainonherjourney.OnthateveningshesleptatDelft,andonthefollowingmorningshereachedHaarlem,fourhoursafterBoxtelhadarrivedthere.

           Rosa,firstofall,causedherselftobeledbeforeMynheervanSystens,thePresidentoftheHorticulturalSocietyofHaarlem.

           Shefoundthatworthygentlemaninasituationwhich,todojusticetoourstory,wemustnotpassoverinourdescription.

           ThePresidentwasdrawingupareporttothecommitteeofthesociety.

           Thisreportwaswrittenonlarge-sizedpaper,inthefinesthandwritingofthePresident.

           RosawasannouncedsimplyasRosaGryphus;butashername,wellasitmightsound,wasunknowntothePresident,shewasrefusedadmittance.

           Rosa,however,wasbynomeansabashed,havingvowedinherheart,inpursuinghercause,nottoallowherselftobeputdowneitherbyrefusal,orabuse,orevenbrutality.

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