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The President van Systens
GryphusagainwentupinhisfurytoVanBaerle,abusedhim,threatenedhim,knockedallthemiserablefurnitureofhiscellabout,andpromisedhimallsortsofmisery,evenstarvationandflogging.
Cornelius,withoutevenhearingwhathisjailersaid,allowedhimselftobeill-treated,abused,andthreatened,remainingallthewhilesullen,immovable,deadtoeveryemotionandfear.
AfterhavingsoughtforRosaineverydirection,GryphuslookedoutforJacob,and,ashecouldnotfindhimeither,hebegantosuspectfromthatmomentthatJacobhadrunawaywithher.
Thedamsel,meanwhile,afterhavingstoppedfortwohoursatRotterdam,hadstartedagainonherjourney.OnthateveningshesleptatDelft,andonthefollowingmorningshereachedHaarlem,fourhoursafterBoxtelhadarrivedthere.
Rosa,firstofall,causedherselftobeledbeforeMynheervanSystens,thePresidentoftheHorticulturalSocietyofHaarlem.
Shefoundthatworthygentlemaninasituationwhich,todojusticetoourstory,wemustnotpassoverinourdescription.
ThePresidentwasdrawingupareporttothecommitteeofthesociety.
Thisreportwaswrittenonlarge-sizedpaper,inthefinesthandwritingofthePresident.
RosawasannouncedsimplyasRosaGryphus;butashername,wellasitmightsound,wasunknowntothePresident,shewasrefusedadmittance.
Rosa,however,wasbynomeansabashed,havingvowedinherheart,inpursuinghercause,nottoallowherselftobeputdowneitherbyrefusal,orabuse,orevenbrutality.
