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Chapter 3

           "AndIdonotthinkshe’sbeensomuchinlovewithhimthatshewon’tforgethim.Fifteenistooyoungtoknowmuchaboutlove."

           "They’dratherhavethatbreakneckcousinforherthanyou."

           So,JamesandAndrewwereasstartledasanyonewhenthenewscameoutthatthedaughterofPierreRobillardwastomarrythelittleIrishmanfromupthecountry.SavannahbuzzedbehinditsdoorsandspeculatedaboutPhilippeRobillard,whohadgoneWest,butthegossipingbroughtnoanswer.WhytheloveliestoftheRobillarddaughtersshouldmarryaloud-voiced,red-facedlittlemanwhocamehardlyuptoherearsremainedamysterytoall.

           Geraldhimselfneverquiteknewhowitallcameabout.Heonlyknewthatamiraclehadhappened.And,foronceinhislife,hewasutterlyhumblewhenEllen,verywhitebutverycalm,putalighthandonhisarmandsaid:"Iwillmarryyou,Mr.O’Hara."

           ThethunderstruckRobillardsknewtheanswerinpart,butonlyEllenandhermammyeverknewthewholestoryofthenightwhenthegirlsobbedtillthedawnlikeabroken-heartedchildandroseupinthemorningawomanwithhermindmadeup.

           Withforeboding,Mammyhadbroughtheryoungmistressasmallpackage,addressedinastrangehandfromNewOrleans,apackagecontainingaminiatureofEllen,whichsheflungtothefloorwithacry,fourlettersinherownhandwritingtoPhilippeRobillard,andabriefletterfromaNewOrleanspriest,announcingthedeathofhercousininabarroombrawl.

           "Theydrovehimaway,FatherandPaulineandEulalie.Theydrovehimaway.

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