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Chapter 25

           Letasgodown,andseewhetherwecanfindyousuchathingasaglassofyourfavouriteMonongahela.Come!"

           Withanassumedairofcheerfulness,theyoungCreoleglidedacrosstheazotea;and,trillingthe"NewOrleansWaltz,"oncemorecommenceddescendingtheescalera.

           Ineageracceptanceoftheinvitation,theoldhunterfollowedcloseuponherskirts;andalthough,byhabit,stoicallyindifferenttofemininecharmsandwithhisthoughtsatthatmomentchieflybentuponthepromisedMonongahelahecouldnothelpadmiringthoseivoryshouldersbroughtsoconspicuouslyunderhiseyes.

           Butforashortwhilewashepermittedtoindulgeintheluxuriousspectacle.Onreachingthebottomofthestairhisfairhostessbadehimasomewhatabruptadieu.Aftertherevelationshehadsounwittinglymade,hisconversationseemednolongeragreeable;andshe,latedesirousofinterrogating,wasnowcontentedtoleavehimalonewiththeMonongahela,asshehastenedtohideherchagrininthesolitudeofherchamber.

           ForthefirsttimeinherlifeLouisePoindexterfeltthepangsofjealousy.Itwasherfirstreallove:forshewasinlovewithMauriceGerald.

           AsolicitudelikethatshownforhimbytheMexicanseñora,couldscarcespringfromsimplefriendship?Someclosertiemusthavebeenestablishedbetweenthem?SoranthereflectionsofthenowsufferingCreole.

           FromwhatMauricehadsaidfromwhatshehadherselfseentheladyofthelazowasjustsuchawomanasshouldwintheaffectionsofsuchaman.

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