The Purcell Papers — Volume 2 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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page 157 of 199 (78%)
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desire that my proposal shall not be at once
withdrawn, you must, before I leave this room, write your name to this engagement.' Having thus spoken, he placed a paper in the hands of Gerard, the contents of which expressed an engagement entered into by Gerard Douw, to give to Wilken Vanderhausen, of Rotterdam, in marriage, Rose Velderkaust, and so forth, within one week of the date hereof. While the painter was employed in reading this covenant, Schalken, as we have stated, entered the studio, and having delivered the box and the valuation of the Jew into the hands of the stranger, he was about to retire, when Vanderhausen called to him to wait; and, presenting the case and the certificate to Gerard Douw, he waited in silence until he had satisfied himself by an inspection of both as to the value of the pledge left in his hands. At length he said: 'Are you content?' The painter said he would fain have an other day to consider. |
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