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Chapter 18

           Perhapsitmighthavedoneso,hadhebeenlessintimatelyacquaintedwiththecharacterofLouisePoindexter.But,knowingherashedidassociatingwithherfromthehourofchildhoodthoroughlyunderstandingherindependenceofspiritthebraverieofherdisposition,borderinguponveryrecklessnesshecouldplacenorelianceonthemereideaofgentility.Withmostwomenthismaybedependeduponasabarrier,ifnottomésalliance,atleasttoabsoluteimprudence;butintheimpuremindofCassiusCalhoun,whilecontemplatingtheprobableconductofhiscousin,therewasnoteventhisfeeblesupporttoleanupon!

           Chafingattheoccurrencesofthedaytohimcrookedlyinauspicioushehurriedbacktowardsthespotwherethepic-nichadbeenheld.Thesteeple-liketreeguidedhimbacktothetrailofthemanada;andbeyondthattherewasnodangerofstraying.Hehadonlytoreturnalongthepathalreadytroddenbyhim.

           Herodeatarapidpacefasterthanwasrelishedbyhisnowtiredsteedstimulatedbybitterthoughts,whichformorethananhourwerehissolecompanionstheirbitternessmorekeenlyfeltinthetranquilsolitudethatsurroundedhim.

           Hewasbutlittleconsoledbyasightthatpromisedothercompanionship:thatoftwopersonsonhorseback,ridinginadvance,andgoinginthesamedirectionashimself,uponthesamepath.Thoughhesawbuttheirbacksandatalongdistanceaheadtherewasnomistakingtheidentityofeither.Theywerethetwoindividualsthathadbroughtthatbitternessuponhisspirit.

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