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Chapter 25

           IntheregardofMauriceGerald,LouisePoindexterhadarivalperhapssomethingmore.Theladyofthelazowaseitherhisfiancée,orhismistress!

           ItwasnotbyaccidentthoughtoZebStumpitmayhaveseemedsothatthehamper,steadiedforatime,uponthecopingofthebalustrade,andstillretainedinthehandoftheyoungCreole,escapedfromherclutch,andfellwithacrashuponthestonesbelow.Thebottleswerebroken,andtheircontentsspilledintothestreamthatsurgedalongthebasementofthewall.

           Theactionofthearmthatproducedthiseffect,apparentlyspringingfromaspasmodicandinvoluntaryeffort,wasneverthelessduetodesign;andLouisePoindexter,assheleantovertheparapet,andcontemplatedtheruinshehadcaused,feltasifherheartwasshatteredliketheglassthatlayglisteningbelow!

           "Howunfortunate!"saidshe,makingafeinttoconcealherchagrin."Thedaintiesaredestroyed,Ideclare!WhatwillFlorindasay?Afterall,ifMrGeraldbesowellattendedto,asyousayheis,he’llnotstandinneedofthem.I’mgladtohearhehasn’tbeenneglectedonewhohasdonemeaservice.But,MrStump,youneedn’tsayanythingofthis,orthatIinquiredafterhim.Youknowhislateantagonistisournearrelative;anditmightcausescandalinthesettlement.DearZeb,youpromiseme?"

           "Swa-aritefyelike.Neeryword,MissLewaze,neeryword;yekindependonoleZeb."

           "Iknowit.Come!Thesunisgrowinghotuphere.

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