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Chapter 33

           Heheardtheirvows;theirmutualconfessionsoflove;thedeterminationofthemustangertobegonebythebreakofthemorrow’sday;asalsohispromisetoreturn,andtherevelationtowhichthatpromiseled.

           Withbitterchagrin,heheardhowthisdeterminationwascombatedbyLouise,andthereasonswhysheatlengthappearedtoconsenttoit.

           Hewaswitnesstothatfinalandrapturousembrace,thatcausedhimtostrikehisfootnervouslyagainstthepebbles,andmakethatnoisethathadscaredthecicadasintosilence.

           Whyatthatmomentdidhenotspringforwardputaterminationtotheintolerabletête-à-têteandwithablowofhisbowie-knifelayhisrivallowathisownfeetandthatofhismistress?Whyhadhenotdonethisatthebeginningfortohimthereneedednofurtherevidence,thantheinterviewitself,toprovethathiscousinhadbeendishonoured?

           Therewasatimewhenhewouldnothavebeensopatient.What,then,wasthepunctiliothatrestrainedhim?Wasitthepresenceofthatpieceofperfectmechanism,that,withasheenofsteel,glisteneduponthepersonofhisrival,andwhichunderthebrightmoonbeams,couldbedistinguishedasa"Colt’ssix-shooter?"

           Perhapsitmayhavebeen

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