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Chapter 36

           A"blanket-coat"ofscarletcolourshroudedmostofhispersonfromsight—itsampleskirtsspreadoverhisthighs,halfconcealingashortjägerrifle,strappedaslantalongtheflapofhissaddle.

           Liketheforemostofthethree,heexhibitednosignsofadesiretomoverapidlyalongtheroad.Hewasproceedingataslowpace—evenforatraveller.Forallthat,hismannerbetokenedastateofmindfarfromtranquil;andinthisrespecthemightbelikenedtothehorsemanwhohadmoreimmediatelyprecededhim.

           Buttherewasanessentialdifferencebetweentheactionsofthetwomen.Whereasthecloakedcavalierappeareddesirousofovertakingsomeoneinadvance,heintheredblanketcoatseemedaltogethertooccupyhimselfinreconnoitringtowardshisrear.

           Atintervalshewouldsluehimselfroundinthestirrups—sometimeshalfturnhishorse—andscanthetrackoverwhichhehadpassed;allthewhilelistening,asthoughheexpectedtohearsomeonewhoshouldbecomingafterhim.

           Stillkeepingupthissingularsurveillance,helikewiseinduetimereachedthepointofdisappearance,withouthavingovertakenanyone,orbeenhimselfovertaken.

           Thoughatnearlyequaldistancesapartwhilemakingthepassageoftheprairie,notoneofthethreehorsemenwaswithinsightofeitheroftheothers.Thesecond,half-waybetweentheothertwo,wasbeyondreachofthevisionofeither,astheywerebeyondhis.

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