The Black Tulip

flags whilst opening the door of the cell, and fell, in the attempt to steady himself,

but Gryphus, who was not yet aware of the ser

hing: don'

s arm, but the bone gave way; then onl

an, so harsh to others, fell swooning on the thresho

he had seen from the manner in which the arm was bent, and from the noise it made in bending, that the bone was fractured, and that the patient must be in great pai

m, a hasty step was heard on the staircase, and immediately aft

isoner bending over him, uttered a faint cry, as in the first fright she thought Gryphus, whos

the mind of the girl, at the very momen

ashamed of her first thoughts, she cast her beautiful

; the first for what I have thought, a

am but doing my duty as a Chri

otten the abuse which he heaped on you this morning. Oh, sir!

, quite astonished to hear from the mouth of

d as his brutality was returning with his senses, he growled "That's it, a fellow is in a hurry t

e unjust to this gentleman, whom I fo

us replied, with

ter! I am quite ready

phus, "are you

rmerly my

ould be able

fect

you need to do i

wood, and some lin

r is going to set my arm, that's a saving; come

round her neck, and making an effort, got on his legs, whils

n, turning towards hi

hear? go and fet

returned with two staves of a small ba

ening moments to take off the man's

you require, s

e things she had brought,-"yes, that's right. Now push

it so as to make it flat, and with perfect skill set the

, the jailer fain

e," said Cornelius; "we will bathe

, Rosa, after having satisfied herself that her father

for servi

, my pretty child

which you are confined, and, on being told that you are occupying the cell of Mynheer Cornelius de Wit

lius, "what harm c

t that

t guilty," s

see down there gibbeted, ma

" said Cornel

hether innocent or guilty, your trial begins to-morrow, and the day after

do you conclud

n a swoon, that the dog is muzzled, and that consequently there is not

do you

t I should like to save you. Only be quick; there, my father is regaining his breath,

le, looking at Rosa, yet looking

e?" said the young girl

said Cornel

ut

they would

d Rosa, blushing,

dear child," replied

scaffold, perhaps assassinated and torn to pieces, just like Mynheer John and Mynheer Cornelius. For he

senses, "who is talking of those rogues, th

his good-tempered smile, "the worst thing for a fr

said in an und

I shall await my trial with

" said

y h

pose that we have been

rm would

ver allow me to come he

ence with a smile; he felt as if a ray

together about?" said Gryphus, rising an

doctor is explaining to me

l, my fine girl, I shal

diet, m

er you should happen to go, to leave them as soon as p

nelius excha

sa tried t

e, yo

Corneliu

as the Lo