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Chapter 12

           Butminglinginthatsplendidthrongwasamanwhowasnostrangertoeither;andwho,perhaps,morethananyonepresent,watchedhereverymovement;andendeavouredmorethananyothertointerpretitsmeaning.CassiusCalhounwastheindividualthusoccupied.

           Shewentnothither,northither,withouthisfollowinghernotclose,likeashadow;butbystealth,flittingfromplacetoplace;upstairs,anddownstairs;standingincorners,withanairofapparentabstraction;butallthewhilewitheyesturnedaskantuponhiscousin’sface,likeaplain-clothespolicemanemployedondetectiveduty.

           Strangelyenoughhedidnotseemtopaymuchregardtoherspeeches,madeinreplytothecomplimentsshowereduponherbyseveralwould-bewinnersofasmilenotevenwhenthesewereconspicuousandrespectable,asinthecaseofyoungHancockofthedragoons.Toallsuchhelistenedwithoutvisibleemotion,asonelistenstoaconversationinnowayaffectingtheaffairseitherofselforfriends.

           Itwasonlyafterascendingtotheazotea,onobservinghiscousinneartheparapet,withhereyeturnedinterrogativelytowardstheplain,thathisdetectivezealbecameconspicuoussomuchsoastoattractthenoticeofothers.Morethanoncewasitnoticedbythosestandingnear:formorethanoncewasrepeatedtheactwhichgavecausetoit.

           Atintervals,notverywideapart,theyoungmistressofCasadelCorvomighthavebeenseentoapproachtheparapet,andlookacrosstheplain,withaglancethatseemedtointerrogatethehorizonofthesky.

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