... 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 Cornelius ... 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 Hague, always...