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Chapter 18

           Perhapsitmighthavedoneso,hadhebeenlessintimatelyacquaintedwiththecharacterofLouisePoindexter.But,knowingherashedid—associatingwithherfromthehourofchildhood—thoroughlyunderstandingherindependenceofspirit—thebraverieofherdisposition,borderinguponveryrecklessness—hecouldplacenorelianceonthemereideaofgentility.Withmostwomenthismaybedependeduponasabarrier,ifnottomésalliance,atleasttoabsoluteimprudence;butintheimpuremindofCassiusCalhoun,whilecontemplatingtheprobableconductofhiscousin,therewasnoteventhisfeeblesupporttoleanupon!

           Chafingattheoccurrencesoftheday—tohimcrookedlyinauspicious—hehurriedbacktowardsthespotwherethepic-nichadbeenheld.Thesteeple-liketreeguidedhimbacktothetrailofthemanada;andbeyondthattherewasnodangerofstraying.Hehadonlytoreturnalongthepathalreadytroddenbyhim.

           Herodeatarapidpace—fasterthanwasrelishedbyhisnowtiredsteed—stimulatedbybitterthoughts,whichformorethananhourwerehissolecompanions—theirbitternessmorekeenlyfeltinthetranquilsolitudethatsurroundedhim.

           Hewasbutlittleconsoledbyasightthatpromisedothercompanionship:thatoftwopersonsonhorseback,ridinginadvance,andgoinginthesamedirectionashimself,uponthesamepath.Thoughhesawbuttheirbacks—andatalongdistanceahead—therewasnomistakingtheidentityofeither.Theywerethetwoindividualsthathadbroughtthatbitternessuponhisspirit.

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