He is too good for this world; he is here to portray the blessed, and then to go away and be with them for ever." Ere they had half done admiring it, a strange voice was heard at the door.

By one of the furtive instincts of their sex they hastily hid the picture in the cloth, though there was no need, And the next moment in came, casting his eyes furtively around, a man that had not entered the house this ten years Ghysbrecht Van Swieten.
The two women were so taken by surprise, that they merely stared at him and at one another, and said, "The burgomaster!" in a tone so expressive, that Ghysbrecht felt compelled to answer it.
"Yes! I own the last time I came here was not on a friendly errand.

Men love their own interest--Eli's and mine were contrary.

Well, let this visit atone the last.

To-day I come on your business and none of mine." Catherine and her daughter exchanged a swift glance of contemptuous incredulity.