Всадник без головы

Chapter 89

           "Iwasdeterminedthereshouldbenoconcealment—nocowardlyshrinkingonmypart.Iwasnotconsciousofhavingcommittedcrime.TrueIhadmethissisterclandestinely;butthatwasthefaultofothers—notmine—nothers.Ilovedherwithapurehonestpassion,andwithmywholeheart.Iamnotafraidtoconfessit.InthesamewayIloveherstill!"

           LouisePoindexter,seatedinhercarriagebehindtheoutercircleofspectators,isnotsodistantfromthespeaker,norarethecurtainssocloselydrawn,butthatshecanheareverywordpassingfromhislips.

           Despitethesadnessofherheart,agleamofjoyirradiateshercountenance,asshelistenstothedaringdeclaration.

           Itisbuttheechoofherown;andtheglowthatcomesquicklytohercheeksisnotshame,buttheexpressionofaproudtriumph.

           Shemakesnoattempttoconcealit.Ratherdoessheappearreadytospringupfromherseat,rushtowardsthemanwhoisbeingtriedforthemurderofherbrother,andwiththeabandonthatlovealonecanimpart,biddefiancetotheboldestofhisaccusers!

           Ifthesignsofsorrowsoonreappear,theyarenolongertobetracedtojealousy.Thosesweetravingsarewellremembered,andcannowbetrustedastruth.Theyareconfirmedbytheconfessionofrestoredreason—bytheavowalofamanwhomaybestandingonthestoupofdeath,andcanhavenoearthlymotiveforadeceptionsuchasthat!

           

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