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Rich Herr Baersdorp, one of the four burgomasters, who had the largest grain business in Leyden, had undertaken to purchase considerable quantities of bread-stuffs in the name of the city. Several ship loads of wheat and rye had been delivered by him the day before, but he was still in arrears with three-quarters of what was ordered.
"No!" cried the latter firmly. "And if anybody else " "You can quarrel afterward," said Adrian Van der Werff, interrupting his excited companions, then good-naturedly picking up the books Baersdorp had flung down, and handing them to him, continued resolutely, "I'll be a Spaniard to-day. Who else?"
Van Hout was full of indignation, especially as two out of the four burgomasters sided with their colleague Baersdorp. The elder Herr von Nordwyk agreed with him, exclaiming: "With all due respect to your dignity, Herr Peter, your three companions in office belong to the ranks of bad friends, who would willingly be exchanged for open enemies."
"What do you want?" he asked curtly, in a harsh voice; but for a time Maria made no reply, fear paralyzed her tongue. At last she found words, and deep anxiety was apparent in her question: "What has happened?" "The beginning of the end," he answered in a hollow tone. "They have out-voted you?" cried the young wife. "Baersdorp and the other cowards want to negotiate?"
"What do you want?" he asked curtly, in a harsh voice; but for a time Maria made no reply, fear paralyzed her tongue. At last she found words, and deep anxiety was apparent in her question: "What has happened?" "The beginning of the end," he answered in a hollow tone. "They have out-voted you?" cried the young wife. "Baersdorp and the other cowards want to negotiate?"
Rich Herr Baersdorp, one of the four burgomasters, who had the largest grain business in Leyden, had undertaken to purchase considerable quantities of bread-stuffs in the name of the city. Several ship loads of wheat and rye had been delivered by him the day before, but he was still in arrears with three-quarters of what was ordered.
At these words young Baersdorp threw his books on the ground, and was rushing with upraised fist upon his enemy but Adrian Van der Werff hastily interposed, crying: "For shame, Cornelius. I'll stop the mouth of anybody who utters such an insult again. Catholics are Christians, as well as we. You heard it from Van Hout, and my father says so too. Will you be a Spaniard, Adam, yes or no?"
Amid the many fair heads, few lads were seen with brown locks, and only one with black hair and dark eyes. This was Adam Baersdorp, whose father, like Van der Werff's, was one of the leaders of the citizens. When he too refused to act a Spaniard, one of the boys exclaimed: "You won't?
At these words young Baersdorp threw his books on the ground, and was rushing with upraised fist upon his enemy but Adrian Van der Werff hastily interposed, crying: "For shame, Cornelius. I'll stop the mouth of anybody who utters such an insult again. Catholics are Christians, as well as we. You heard it from Van Hout, and my father says so too. Will you be a Spaniard, Adam, yes or no?"
Van Hout was full of indignation, especially as two out of the four burgomasters sided with their colleague Baersdorp. The elder Herr von Nordwyk agreed with him, exclaiming: "With all due respect to your dignity, Herr Peter, your three companions in office belong to the ranks of bad friends, who would willingly be exchanged for open enemies."
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