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Chapter 97

           Asinglewordpassesthelipsofthemustanger,inresponsetotheneighofrecognition;andinthenextinstantheisonthebackoftheblood-bay,withthebridleinhisgrasp.

           Helooksroundforalazo;asksforitappealingly,inspeechdirectedtothebystanders.

           Afteralittledelayoneisthrowntohim,andheisoff.

           Thespectatorsstandgazingafter.Thereisnolongeradoubtastotheresult.Thewish,almostuniversal,hasbecomeauniversalbelief.Godhasdecreedthattheassassinshallnotescape;butthathewillbeovertaken,captured,andbroughtbackbeforethatsametribunal,wherehesolatestoodatoowillingwitness!

           Andtheman,sonearsufferingdeaththroughhisperjuredtestimony,istheinstrumentchosentocarryouttheDivinedecree!

           EventherudeRegulators—withtheirpracticalhabitudesoflife,butlittleregardingtheideaofDivineinterference—cannothelphavingtheimpressionofthispoeticaljustice.

           Oneandallgivewaytoit,astheredstallionspringsoffovertheprairie,carryingMauriceGeralduponhisback.

           ***

           Afterhisdeparture,anepisodeoccursundertheshadowoftheliveoak.Itisnotthisthathindersitfrombeingobserved;butbecauseeveryonehasturnedfacetowardstheplain,andwatchesthechase,fastrecedingfromview.

           Thereisonescanningitwithalookunliketheothers.Aladystrainshereyesthroughthecurtainsofacalèche—herglancetellingofathoughtwithindissimilartothatfeltbythecommonspectators.

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