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Chapter 37

           "Henryfromhome;andatnighttoo.Wherecanhehavegone?Ican’tthinkofanyonehewouldbevisitingatsuchunseasonablehours!Hemusthavebeenoutallnight,orveryearly,accordingtothenigger’saccount!AtthePort,Isuppose,withthoseyoungfellows.Notatthetavern,Ihope?"

           "Oh,no!Hewouldn’tgothere,"interposedCalhoun,whoappearedasmuchmystifiedbytheabsenceofHenryaswasPoindexterhimself.Herefrained,however,fromsuggestinganyexplanation,orsayingaughtofthescenestowhichhehadbeenwitnessontheprecedingnight.

           "Itistobehopedheknowsnothingofit,"reflectedtheyoungCreole."Ifnot,itmaystillremainasecretbetweenbrotherandmyself.IthinkIcanmanageHenry.Butwhyishestillabsent?I’vesateupallnightwaitingforhim.HemusthaveovertakenMaurice,andtheyhavefraternised.Ihopeso;eventhoughthetavernmayhavebeenthesceneoftheirreconciliation.Henryisnotmuchgiventodissipation;butaftersuchaburstofpassion,followedbyhissuddenrepentance,hemayhavestrayedfromhisusualhabits?Whocouldblamehimifhehas?Therecanbelittleharminit:sincehehasgoneastrayingoodcompany?"

           Howfarthestringofreflectionsmighthaveextendeditisnoteasytosay:sinceitdidnotreachitsnaturalending.

           ItwasinterruptedbythereappearanceofPluto;whoseimportantair,ashere-enteredtheroom,proclaimedhimthebearerofeventfultidings.

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