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The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas père
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"Take our thanks for your good intentions; the will must
count for the deed; you had the will to save us, and that,
in the eyes of the Lord, is as if you had succeeded in doing
so."

"Alas!" said the gatekeeper, "do you see down there?"

"Drive at a gallop through that group," John called out to
the coachman, "and take the street on the left; it is our
only chance."

The group which John alluded to had, for its nucleus, those
three men whom we left looking after the carriage, and who,
in the meanwhile, had been joined by seven or eight others.

These new-comers evidently meant mischief with regard to the
carriage.

When they saw the horses galloping down upon them, they
placed themselves across the street, brandishing cudgels in
their hands, and calling out, --

"Stop! stop!"

The coachman, on his side, lashed his horses into increased
speed, until the coach and the men encountered.

The brothers De Witt, enclosed within the body of the
carriage, were not able to see anything; but they felt a
severe shock, occasioned by the rearing of the horses. The
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