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Chapter 12

           Itmusthavecometoanendsomewhere;thoughnotwithinsightofthespectators,whokepttheirplaces,waitingforthehorse-tamer’sreturn.

           Conjecturesthathemightbekilled,or,attheleast,badly"crippled,"werefreelyventuredduringhisabsence;andtherewasonewhowisheditso.Buttherewasalsooneuponwhomsuchaneventwouldhaveproducedapainfulimpressionalmostaspainfulasifherownlifedependeduponhissafereturn.WhyLouisePoindexter,daughteroftheproudLouisianasugar-planterabelleabeautyofmorethanprovincialreputewhocould,bysimplysayingyes,havehadforahusbandtherichestandnoblestinthelandwhysheshouldhavefixedherfancy,orevenpermittedherthoughtstostray,uponapoorhorse-hunterofTexas,wasamysterythatevenherownintellectbynomeansaweakonewasunabletofathom.

           Perhapsshehadnotyetgonesofarastofixherfancyuponhim.Shedidnotthinksoherself.Hadshethoughtso,andreflecteduponit,perhapsshewouldhaverecoiledfromthecontemplationofcertainconsequences,thatcouldnothavefailedtopresentthemselvestohermind.

           Shewasbutconsciousofhavingconceivedsomestrangeinterestinastrangeindividualonewhohadpresentedhimselfinafashionthatfavouredfancifulreflectionsonewhodifferedessentiallyfromthecommon-placetypesintroducedtoherintheworldofsocialdistinctions.

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