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This mystery was a source of deep anxiety and almost of grief to Gerard Douw. There was evidently fraud in the dealing of Vanderhausen with him, though for what purpose committed he could not imagine.
The visitor waved his hand slightly, as if in acknowledgment of the courtesy, but remained standing. "I have the honour to see Minheer Vanderhausen of Rotterdam?" said Gerard Douw. "The same," was the laconic reply of his visitor. "I understand your worship desires to speak with me," continued Douw, "and I am here by appointment to wait your commands."
'You will not pledge yourself unnecessarily, said Vanderhausen, strangely uttering the very words which had just floated through the mind of his companion; 'but you will do so if it IS necessary, I presume; and I will show you that I consider it indispensable.
The visitor waved his hand slightly, as, if in acknowledgment of the courtesy, but remained standing. 'I have the honour to see Mynher Vanderhausen, of Rotterdam? said Gerard Douw. 'The same, was the laconic reply of his visitant. 'I understand your worship desires to speak with me, continued Douw, 'and I am here by appointment to wait your commands.
These two peculiarities, though when told they may appear trifling, produced a very striking and unpleasant effect when seen and observed. Vanderhausen at length relieved the painter of Leyden of his inauspicious presence; and with no trifling sense of relief the little party heard the street door close after him. "Dear uncle," said Rose, "what a frightful man!
"Is that a man of trust?" said Vanderhausen, turning towards Schalken, who stood at a little distance behind his master. "Certainly," replied Gerard. "Then let him take this box, and get the nearest jeweller or goldsmith to value its contents, and let him return hither with a certificate of the valuation."
I will not have him think us poor or sluttish." With these words he left her, and took his way to the room in which his pupils worked. When the evening closed in, Gerard called Schalken, who was about to take his departure to his own obscure and comfortless lodgings, and asked him to come home and sup with Rose and Vanderhausen.
His search was in vain, however; no one in Rotterdam had ever heard of Minheer Vanderhausen. Gerard Douw left not a house in the Boom-quay untried, but all in vain. No one could give him any information whatever touching the object of his inquiry, and he was obliged to return to Leyden nothing wiser and far more anxious, than when he had left it.
"Minheer Vanderhausen from Rotterdam is it not so?" "Such was the name." "And an elderly man, richly clad?" pursued Douw, musingly. "As well as I might see," replied his pupil; "he could not be young, nor yet very old, neither; and his dress was rich and grave, as might become a citizen of wealth and consideration."
After some irresolution he finally determined to journey thither a trifling undertaking, and easily accomplished and thus to satisfy himself of the safety and comfort of his ward, for whom he entertained an honest and strong affection. His search was in vain, however. No one in Rotterdam had ever heard of Mynher Vanderhausen. Gerard Douw left not a house in the Boom-quay untried; but all in vain.
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