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Conclusion
Then,tothesoundoftrumpets,theprocessionmarchedbackwithoutanychangeinitsorder,exceptthatBoxtelwasnowdead,andthatCorneliusandRosawerewalkingtriumphantlysidebysideandhandinhand.
OntheirarrivingattheHôteldeVille,thePrince,pointingwithhisfingertothepursewiththehundredthousandguilders,saidtoCornelius,—
“Itisdifficulttosaybywhomthismoneyisgained,byyouorbyRosa;forifyouhavefoundtheblacktulip,shehasnurseditandbroughtitintoflower.Itwouldthereforebeunjusttoconsideritasherdowry;itisthegiftofthetownofHaarlemtothetulip.”
CorneliuswonderedwhatthePrincewasdrivingat.Thelattercontinued,—
“IgivetoRosathesumofahundredthousandguilders,whichshehasfairlyearned,andwhichshecanoffertoyou.Theyaretherewardofherlove,hercourage,andherhonesty.Astoyou,Sir—thankstoRosaagain,whohasfurnishedtheproofsofyourinnocence——”
And,sayingthesewords,thePrincehandedtoCorneliusthatfly-leafoftheBibleonwhichwaswrittentheletterofCorneliusdeWitt,andinwhichthethirdbulbhadbeenwrapped,—
“Astoyou,ithascometolightthatyouwereimprisonedforacrimewhichyouhadnotcommitted.Thismeans,thatyouarenotonlyfree,butthatyourpropertywillberestoredtoyou;asthepropertyofaninnocentmancannotbeconfiscated.CorneliusvanBaerle,youarethegodsonofCorneliusdeWittandthefriendofhisbrotherJohn.Remainworthyofthenameyouhavereceivedfromoneofthem,andofthefriendshipyouhaveenjoyedwiththeother.
