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Chapter 28

           EnoughthatIforbidyoutorideabroad,asyouhaveoflatebeenaccustomedtodo."

           "Beitasyouwill,papa,"rejoinedLouise,risingfromthebreakfast-table,andwithanairofresignationpreparingtoleavetheroom."OfcourseIshallobeyyou—attheriskoflosingmyhealthforwantofexercise.Go,Pluto!"sheadded,addressingherselftothedarkey,whostillstoodgrinninginthedoorway,"turnLunalooseintothecorral—thepastures—anywhere.Letherstraybacktohernativeprairies,ifthecreaturebesoinclined;she’snolongerneededhere."

           Withthisspeech,theyoungladysweptoutofthesala,leavingthethreegentlemen,whostillretainedtheirseatsbythetable,toreflectuponthesatireintendedtobeconveyedbyherwords.

           Theywerenotthelasttowhichshegaveutteranceinthatsameseries.Assheglidedalongthecorridorleadingtoherownchamber,others,lowmurmured,mechanicallyescapedfromherlips.Theywereintheshapeofinterrogatories—astringofthemself-asked,andonlytobeansweredbyconjecture.

           "Whatcanpapahaveheard?Isitbuthissuspicions?Cananyonehavetoldhim?Doesheknewthatwehavemet?"

           

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