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Chapter XII

           "Thankyou:Ishalldo:Ihavenobrokenbones,onlyasprain;"andagainhestoodupandtriedhisfoot,buttheresultextortedaninvoluntary"Ugh!" 

           Somethingofdaylightstilllingered,andthemoonwaswaxingbright:Icouldseehimplainly. Hisfigurewasenvelopedinaridingcloak,furcollaredandsteelclasped;itsdetailswerenotapparent,butItracedthegeneralpointsofmiddleheightandconsiderablebreadthofchest. Hehadadarkface,withsternfeaturesandaheavybrow; hiseyesandgatheredeyebrowslookedirefulandthwartedjustnow;hewaspastyouth,buthadnotreachedmiddle-age;perhapshemightbethirty-five. Ifeltnofearofhim,andbutlittleshyness. Hadhebeenahandsome,heroic-lookingyounggentleman,Ishouldnothavedaredtostandthusquestioninghimagainsthiswill,andofferingmyservicesunasked.Ihadhardlyeverseenahandsomeyouth;neverinmylifespokentoone. Ihadatheoreticalreverenceandhomageforbeauty,elegance,gallantry,fascination; buthadImetthosequalitiesincarnateinmasculineshape,Ishouldhaveknowninstinctivelythattheyneitherhadnorcouldhavesympathywithanythinginme,andshouldhaveshunnedthemasonewouldfire,lightning,oranythingelsethatisbrightbutantipathetic. 

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