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III. A Girl on Horseback—Conversation

           "

           "Alargefarm?"sheinquired,castinghereyesround,andswingingbackherhair,whichwasblackintheshadedhollowsofitsmass;butitbeingnowanhourpastsunrisetheraystoucheditsprominentcurveswithacolouroftheirown.

           "No;notlarge.Aboutahundred."(Inspeakingoffarmstheword"acres"isomittedbythenatives,byanalogytosucholdexpressionsas"astagoften.")

           "Iwantedmyhatthismorning,"shewenton."IhadtoridetoTewnellMill."

           "Yesyouhad."

           "Howdoyouknow?"

           "Isawyou."

           "Where?"sheinquired,amisgivingbringingeverymuscleofherlineamentsandframetoastandstill.

           "Heregoingthroughtheplantation,andalldownthehill,"saidFarmerOak,withanaspectexcessivelyknowingwithregardtosomematterinhismind,ashegazedataremotepointinthedirectionnamed,andthenturnedbacktomeethiscolloquist’seyes.

           Aperceptioncausedhimtowithdrawhisowneyesfromhersassuddenlyasifhehadbeencaughtinatheft.Recollectionofthestrangeanticsshehadindulgedinwhenpassingthroughthetreeswassucceededinthegirlbyanettledpalpitation,andthatbyahotface.Itwasatimetoseeawomanreddenwhowasnotgiventoreddeningasarule;notapointinthemilkmaidbutwasofthedeepestrose-colour.FromtheMaiden’sBlush,throughallvarietiesoftheProvencedowntotheCrimsonTuscany,thecountenanceofOak’sacquaintancequicklygraduated;whereuponhe,inconsiderateness,turnedawayhishead.

           Thesympatheticmanstilllookedtheotherway,andwonderedwhenshewouldrecovercoolnesssufficienttojustifyhiminfacingheragain.

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