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Chapter 18

           Likehimselftheywerereturninguponthetrailofthewildmares;which,whenfirstseen,theyhadjuststruck,arrivinguponitfromalateralpath.Sidebyside—theirsaddlesalmostchafingagainsteachother—toallappearanceabsorbedinaconversationofintenseinteresttoboth,theysawnotthesolitaryhorsemanapproachingtheminadiagonaldirection.

           Apparentlylessanxiousthanhetorejointhepartyofpicknickers,theywereadvancingataslowpace—theladyalittleincliningtotherear.

           Theirproximitytooneanother—theirattitudesinthesaddle—theirobviousinattentiontooutwardobjects—thesnail-likepaceatwhichtheywereproceeding—these,alongwithoneortwootherslightercircumstancesobservedbyCalhoun,combinedtomakeanimpressiononhismind—orrathertostrengthenonealreadymade—thatalmostdrovehimmad.

           Togalloprapidlyup,andrudelyterminatethetête-à-tête,wasbutthenaturalinstinctofthechivalricSoutherner.Inobediencetoithespitefullypliedthespur;andoncemoreforcedhisjadedchestnutintoanunwillingcanter.

           Inafewseconds,however,heslackenedpace—asifchanginghisdetermination.Thesoundofhishorse’shoofshadnotyetwarnedtheothersofhisproximity—thoughhewasnowlessthantwohundredyardsbehindthem!Hecouldhearthesilverytonesofhiscousin’svoicebearingthebetterpartoftheconversation.

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