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Chapter 24

           Somethingmorethaninstinctcausedher,afteratime,toturnround,andscrutinisetheplainintheoppositequarter.

           Ifexpectingsomeonetoappearthatway,shewasnotdisappointed.Ahorsewasjuststeppingoutfromamongthetrees,wheretheroaddebouchedfromthechapparal.Hewasriddenbyone,who,atfirstsight,appearedtobeaman,cladinasortofArabcostume;butwho,oncloserscrutiny,anddespitethestyleofequitationàlaDuchessedeBerriwasunquestionablyoftheothersexalady.Therewasnotmuchofherfacetobeseen;butthroughtheshadowyopeningoftherebozorathercarelesslytapadocouldbetracedanovalfacialoutline,somewhatbrownly"complected,"Butwithacarminetintinguponthecheeks,andabovethisapairofeyeswhosesparkleappearedtochallengecomparisonwiththebrightestobjecteitherontheearth,orinthesky.

           Neitherdidthelooselyfallingfoldsofthelady’sscarf,norhersomewhatoutréattitudeinthesaddle,hindertheobserverfromcomingtotheconclusion,thatherfigurewasquiteasattractiveasherface.

           Themanfollowinguponthemule,sixlengthsofhisanimalintherear,byhiscostumeaswellastherespectfuldistanceobservedwasevidentlyonlyanattendant.

           "Whocanthatwomanbe?"wasthemutteredinterrogatoryofLouisePoindexter,aswithquickactionsheraisedthelorgnettetohereyes,anddirecteditupontheoddlyapparelledfigure.

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