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Chapter 30

           Obediencetothatparticularcommandcouldnothavebeenirksome;andarguedinnocenceuncontaminated,virtuestillintact.

           Soreasonedthefondfather;who,beyondconjecture,wasnotpermittedtoscrutinisetoocloselythecharacterofhischild.Inotherlands,orinadifferentclassofsociety,hemightpossiblyhaveaskeddirectquestions,andrequireddirectanswerstothem.ThisisnotthemethodupontheMississippi;whereasonoftenyearsold—adaughteroflessthanfifteen—wouldrebelagainstsuchscrutiny,andcallitinquisition.

           StilllessmightWoodleyPoindexterstrainthestatutesofparentalauthority—thefatherofaCreolebelle—foryearsusedtothatproudhomagewhoseincenseoftenstills,oraltogetherdestroys,thesimpleraffectionsoftheheart.

           Thoughherfather,andbylawhercontroller,heknewtowhatashortlengthhispowermightextend,ifexertedinoppositiontoherwill.Hewas,therefore,satisfiedwithherlateactofobedience—rejoicedtofindthatinsteadofcontinuingherrecklessridesupontheprairie,shenowcontentedherselfwithintherangeofthegarden—withbowandarrowslayingthesmallbirdsthatweresounluckyastocomeunderheraim.

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