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hisservaeredtherooboxtelhidhielfuheunterpane.
”oh,sir”ent”
”hoostunintelligiblevoice.
”ontyoueighboureliusvanbaerleisarrestedfhtreason.”
”nonsense”boxtelttered,possible.”
”faith,sir,atanyratethatspeoplesay;and,besides,ihaveseenjudgevanspehearchersenteringthehouse.”
”hyourohatsadifferentcasealtogether.”
”atallevents,”saidtheservant,”ishallgoandinquireoncere.beyouquiet,sir,ishallletyouknoit.”
boxteledhielfbshow.
thenout,auedinhalfanhour.
”oh,sir,allthatitoldyouisindeedquitetrue.”
”howso”
”nheervanbaerleisarrested,andhasbeenputinte,andtheyaredrivinghiothehague.”
”tothehague”
”yes,tothehague,andifchgood.”
”anddotheysay”boxtelasked.
”faith,sir,theysaybutitisnotquitesurethatbythishourtheburghersstberderingnheereliusandnheerjoh.”
”oh,”ttered,orrathergrothedreadfulpictureagination.
”self,,”nheerisaaustbeverysipedfroisbedonhearingsuchgoodnews.”
and,iy,isaacboxtelanurderedanother.
buthehadrderedhisnhadoubleobject;thefirsttaihesendilltobeattained.
nightclosedin.ithenightelhadlookedforo.
assoonasitup.
hethenore.
hehadcalculatedrrectly;noohoughtofkeepingostnfusion.
heheardtheclockstriketen,eleven,twelve.
atdnight,blinghands,andalividuntenance,hedesdedfrohetree,tookaladder,leaagainsttheouothelaststepbutone,andlistened.
alllyquiet,notasoundbrokethesilehenight;onesolitarylight,thatofthehousekeeper,hehouse.
thissilehisdarknesseoldenedboxtel;hegotastridethehisoothatofelius,anddesded.
then,knooaninchhebulbsoproducetheblacktuliped,hera,follohegravelledtobebetrayedbyhisfootprints,and,onarrivingattheprecisespot,heproceeded,htheeageessofatiger,toplungehishandintothesoftground.
hefoundnothing,andthoughtheistaken.
intheanheldsstoodonhisbrow.
hefeltaboutclosebyit,nothing.
hefeltaboutontheright,ando,nothing.
hefeltaboutinfrontandatthebaothing.
head,selfthatonthatveryihhadbeendisturbed.
infact,otherbulb,and,asintothree.
boxteluldnhielftoleavetheplace.heduguporethantensquarefeetofground.
atlastnodoubtreinedofhissfortune.douhepedafterit.
allatonind:theseedlingbulbsghtbeinthedryrooitakehisentrythereashehaddoothegarden.
therehe,and,rehtberaisedlikethoseofagreenhouse.eliushadopehenthating,andhoughtofagain.
everything,therefore,dependeduponherheuldprocurealadderofsuffitlength,oyfivefeetinsteadoften.
boxtelhadnotithestreetallladdered.
thisladderirably,uheenhadtakenitaway.
herantothehouse:theladderhere.boxteltookit,carriedithgreatexertiontohisgarden,andheveerdifficultyraiseditagainstthejustreachedtothewindow.
boxtelputalighteddarklaohispo.
onreaselfagainstthetable;hislegsfailedhihisheartbeatasifit.hereithaninthegarden;thereboxtelrespasser,herehehief.
hoptyhands.
butinvaindidhesearchthe,openandshutallthedrahatprivilegedoneheparcelaltoeliushadbeendeposited;hefoundticketed,asinabotanicalgarden,the”jahe”johhehazelnut,andtheroastedffeelouredtulip;butoftheblacktulip,orrathertheseedlingbulbshinillsleeping,notatracewasfound.
a,onlookiheregisterofseedsandbulbs,rsterdaheirledgers,boxtelreadtheselines:
”today,20thofaugust,1672,ihavetakenupthetherbulbofthegrandblacktulip,othreeperfectsuckers.”
”ohthesebulbs,thesebulbs”ho,””
then,suddenlystrikinghisforeheadinhisfrenzy,he,thesundrel,hehasthebouthihehastakehehague”
itwaslikeaflash
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