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Chapter 30

           AmongthemyoumightseecommemoratedthefigureandfeaturesofthegreatCondé;oftheCampeador;ofFerdinandandhisenergeticqueen;ofthediscovereroftheAmericanworld;ofitstwochiefconquistadores—CortezandPizarro;andofher,alikefamousforherbeautyanddevotion,theMexicanMalinché.

           ItwasnotamidstthesesculpturedstonesthatLouisePoindexterpractisedherfeatsofarchery;thoughmorethanoncemightshehavebeenseenstandingbeforethestatueofMalinché,andscanningthevoluptuousoutlineoftheIndianmaiden’sform;notwithanyseverethoughtofscorn,thatthisdark-skinneddaughterofEvehadsuccumbedtosuchaconquerorasCortez.

           Theyoungcreolefelt,inhersecretheart,thatshehadnorighttothrowastoneatthatstatue.ToonelessfamedthanCortez—thoughinherestimationequallydeservingoffame—shehadsurrenderedwhatthegreatconquistadorhadwonfromMarina—herheartofhearts.

           Inherexcursionswiththebow,whichwereofdiurnaloccurrence,shestrayednotamongthestatues.Hergamewasnottheretobefound;butundertheshadowoftalltreesthat,keepingthecurveoftheriver,formedasemicirculargrovebetweenitandthegarden.Mostofthesetreeswereofindigenousgrowth—wildChinas,mulberries,andpecâns—thatinthelayingoutofthegroundshadbeenpermittedtoremainwhereNature,perhapssomecenturiesago,hadscatteredtheirseed.

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