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Chapter 12

           HenryPoindexterhadhurrieddownbeforetherest,andalready,inthefrankestmanner,biddenthestrangerwelcome.

           BetweenthelatterandLouiseonlyaslightsalutationcouldbeexchanged.Familiaritywithahorse-dealer—evensupposinghimtohavehadthehonourofanintroduction—wouldscarcehavebeentoleratedbythe"society."

           Oftheladies,themajor’swifealoneaddressedhiminafamiliarway;butthatwasinatonethattoldofsuperiorposition,coupledwithcondescension.Hewasmoregratifiedbyaglance—quickandsilent—whenhiseyechangedintelligencewiththatoftheyoungCreole.

           Herswasnottheonlyonethatrestedapprovinglyuponhim.Intruth,themustangerlookedsplendid,despitehistravel-stainedhabiliments.Hisjourneyofovertwentymileshaddonelittletofatiguehim.Theprairiebreezehadfreshenedthecolouruponhischeeks;andhisfullroundthroat,nakedtothebreast-bone,andslightlybronzedwiththesun,contributedtothemanlinessofhismien.Eventhedustclingingtohiscurledhaircouldnotaltogetherconcealitsnaturalgloss,northeluxurianceofitsgrowth;whileafigureterselyknittoldofstrengthandendurancebeyondtheordinaryendowmentofman.Therewerestolenglances,endeavouringtocatchhis,sentbymorethanoneofthefaircircle.Theprettynieceofthecommissarysmiledadmiringlyuponhim.Somesaidthecommissary’swife;butthiscouldbeonlyaslander,tobetraced,perhaps,tothedoctor’sbetterhalf—theLadyTeazleofthecantonment.

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