What is "gelder"

Usage examples of "gelder".

On the third floor we found van Gelder and his men at work and at a word from de Graaf van Gelder joined us.

The fire was all a fire ever should be and van Gelder, I was happy to observe, was thoughtfully studying a very well-stocked glass liquor cupboard.

The puzzlement must have shown in my face, for van Gelder smiled again and it didn't seem a very happy smile to me.

The contrast between the gaily hued clothes and the blonde pigtails on the one hand and the enormous old hag that wore them on the other, was bizarre, horrible, so grotesque as to be almost obscene, but the contrast appeared to evoke no such responses in either van Gelder or Trudi.

Van Gelder poured a couple of drinks with the speed of a man who feels he requires one and asked me to sit down.

Van Gelder had phoned ahead to say I was coming and Colonel de Graaf was waiting for me.

Two men seated in deep armchairs behind separate large and leather-covered desks rose courteously to their feet and ushered de Graaf, van Gelder and myself into other and equally restful armchairs while they themselves remained standing.

Can you and van Gelder come to Morgenstern and Muggenthaler's place now.

I kept them like that, not speaking, until de Graaf and van Gelder came pounding up the stairs and into the loft.

Your trusted lieutenant, Inspector van Gelder, made good and sure that no progress was made.

But I think van Gelder has rather fallen out of love with her, haven't you, van Gelder?

She was the perfect go-between for van Gelder and Goodbody -- they never made contact, not even on the phone.

Van Gelder led a struggling Belinda in front of him, using her as a shield, just as I was using Goodbody as a shield.

Why I looked at him I don't know, the last thought in my mind was to weigh up the respective value of Belinda and Goodbody as hostages: as long as van Gelder had Belinda as a hostage he was as safe as a man in a church.

Across the street van Gelder was leading Belinda towards the police van.