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Chapter 31

           "Nousewaitingforthatbeautytogotobed?She’smadeuphermind,shewon’tgohometillmorning—ha!ha!"

           Thedrollconceit,whichhassooftamusedthenocturnalinebriateofgreatcities,appearedtoproducealikeaffectuponthenightpatrolleroftheprairie;andforamomenttheshadow,latedarkeninghisbrow,disappeared.Itreturnedanon;ashestoodgazingacrosstheopenspacethatseparatedhimfromtheriverbottom—beyondwhichlaythehaciendaofCasadelCorvo,clearlyoutlinedupontheoppositebluff,"Ifthereshouldbeanyonestirringabouttheplace?It’snotlikelyatthishour;unlessitbetheownerofabadconsciencewhocan’tsleep.Troth!there’sonesuchwithinthosewalls.Ifhebeabroadthere’sagoodchanceofhisseeingmeontheopenground;notthatIshouldcareastraw,ifitwereonlymyselftobecompromised.BySaintPatrick,Iseenoalternativebutriskit!It’snousewaitinguponthemoon,deucetakeher!Shedon’tgodownforhours;andthere’snotthesignofacloud.Itwon’tdotokeepherwaiting.No;Imustchanceitintheclearlight.Heregoes?"

           Sayingthis,withaswiftbutstealthystep,thedismountedhorsemanglidedacrossthetreelesstract,andsoonreadiedtheescarpmentofthecliff,thatformedthesecondheightoflandrisingabovethechanneloftheLeona.

           Hedidnotstaytensecondsinthisconspicuoussituation;butbyapaththatzigzaggeddownthebluff—andwithwhichheappearedfamiliar—hedescendedtotheriver"bottom."

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