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Chapter 80

           Hisvigilwasonlyinterruptedbythegoingdownofthesun;andthenonlytocauseachangeinhispostofobservation.Whentwilightbegantoflingitspurpleshadowsovertheplain,herosetohisfeet;and,leisurelyunfoldinghistallfigure,stooduprightbythestemofthetreeasifthisattitudewasmorefavourablefor"considering."

           "Thur’sjestaposserbillitytheskunkmoutsneakouti’thenight?"washisreflection."Leastwaysaforethelighto’themornin’;anImustmakesurewhichwayhetakespurayra.

           "’Taintnousemytoatin’themaarafterme,"hecontinued,glancinginthedirectionwheretheanimalhadbeenleft."She’donlybotherme.Beside,thur’sgoin’tobeaclurrishsorto’moonlight;anshemoutbeseenfromtheniggerquarter.She’llbebetterhyurbothforgrassandkiver."

           Hewentbacktothemare;tookoffthesaddle;fastenedthetrail-roperoundherneck,tyingtheotherendtoatree;andthen,unstrappinghisoldblanketfromthecantle,hethrewitacrosshisleftarm,andwalkedoffinthedirectionofCasadelCorvo.

           Hedidnotproceedparipassu;butnowquicker,andnowmorehesitatinglytiminghimself,bythetwilightsothathisapproachmightnotbeobservedfromthehacienda.

           Hehadneedofthiscaution:forthegroundwhichhehadtopasswaslikealevellawn,withoutcopseorcoverofanykind.Hereandtherestoodasolitarytreedwarf-oakoralgarobia,butnotcloseenoughtoshelterhimfrombeingseenthroughthewindowsmuchlessfromtheazotea.

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