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Chapter 30

           ItwasundertheleafycanopyofthesefairforesttreestheyoungCreoledelightedtosit—orstrayalongtheedgeofthepellucidriver,thatrolleddreamilyby.

           Hereshewasfreetobealone;whichoflateappearedtobeherpreference.Herfather,inhissternestmood,couldnothavedeniedhersoslightaprivilege.Iftherewasdangerupontheoutsideprairie,therecouldbenonewithinthegarden—enclosed,asitwas,byariverbroadanddeep,andawallthatcouldnothavebeenscaledwithouttheaidofathirty-roundladder.Sofarfromobjectingtothissolitarystrolling,theplanterappearedsomethingmorethansatisfiedthathisdaughterhadtakentothesetranquilhabits;andthesuspicionswhichhehadconceived—notaltogetherwithoutacause—werebecominggraduallydismissedfromhismind.

           Afterallhemighthavebeenmisinformed?Thetongueofscandaltakesdelightintorturing;andhemayhavebeenchosenasoneofitsvictims?Or,perhaps,itwasbutacasualthing—theencounterofwhichhehadbeentold,betweenhisdaughterandMauricethemustanger?Theymayhavemetbyaccidentinthechapparal?Shecouldnotwellpass,withoutspeakingto,themanwhohadtwicerescuedherfromadreaddanger.Theremighthavebeennothinginit,beyondthesimpleacknowledgmentofhergratitude?

           Itlookedwellthatshehad,withsuchwillingness,consentedtorelinquishherrides.Itwasbutlittleinkeepingwithherusualcustom,whencrossed.

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