... The Black Tulip
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 15
15. The Little Grated Window
Gryphus was followed by the mastiff.
The turnkey ... so precipitately, that she completely forgot to return to Cornelius
the three bulbs of the Black Tulip.
Rather than expose them to the tender mercies of his bullying jailer, he drove
...
"In the secret dungeon."
The Black Tulip
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 3
3. The Pupil of John de Witt
Whilst the clamour of the crowd in the square of Buytenhof, which grew more
and ... very natural in a military man,
until his companion drew him away with him.
On arriving at the square of the Hoogstraet, the man with the sallow face pushed
the other behind an open s...
...
"But," asked Cornelius, "what harm can they do to me?"
The Black Tulip
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 10
10. The Jailer's Daughter
On the same evening Gryphus, as he brought
... the gleam of that infernal
sword, which will not stop half-way a second time, but will make
acquaintance with the nape of my neck.
"It will not do, Cornelius, my fine fellow, it is a bad ... you."
"Well, well, well," answered Gryphus. "But if a sorcerer can change black bread
into white, won't he die of hunger if he has no bread at all?"
"What&a...
... the prison, the Grand Pensionary proceeded towards the cell of his
brother.
The Black Tulip
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 1
1. A Grateful People
On the 20th of August, 1672, the city of the ...
Thus, then, on the 20th of August, 1672, as we have already stated in the
beginning of this chapter, the whole town was crowding towards the Buytenhof,
to witness the departure of C...
... from the raw flesh.
A cold sweat stood on the brow of the Grand Pensionary.
The Black Tulip
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 2
2. The Two Brothers
As the fair Rosa, with foreboding doubt, had foretold, ... kill us if those papers were found?"
John, without answering, pointed with his hand to the square, whence, at that
very moment, fierce shouts and savage yells made themselve...
... The Black Tulip
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 4
4. The Murderers
The young man with his hat slouched over his eyes, ... man, here it is."
"It is most unfortunate that you did not bring me that key only one quarter of an
hour sooner," said the gatekeeper, with a sigh.
"And why that?" ... mass of moving heads like a floating island. But in
another in...
... heat and fresh air as the strictest rules of horticulture
exact.
The Black Tulip
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 5
5. The Tulip- fancier and his Neighbour
Whilst the burghers of the Hague were ... new story set out with bulbs and seedlings of tulips for the border, and
tulips in pots; in short, with everything pertaining to the pursuits of a tulip-
monomaniac!
Orange party, who...
... "Columbin clair
terni."
The Black Tulip
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 6
6. The Hatred of a Tulip- fancier
From that moment Boxtel's interest in tulips was no longer a stimulus to ... engrossed by that great
black tulip, which was looked upon to be as chimerical as the black swan of
Horace or the white raven of French tradition.
Van Baerle was one of the tul...
... "your paper shall be read, indeed it shall."
The Black Tulip
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 7
7. The Happy Man makes Acquaintance with Misfortune
Cornelius de Witt, after having attended ... excitement when the rumour
spreads to the four quarters of the globe: The grand black tulip is found! 'How is
it called?' the fanciers will ask. 'Tulipa nigra Barl...