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Chapter 37

           Asthelaggard,orlateriser,mayhavetoputupwithcoldbiscuit,andnowafflesorbuckwheatcakes,therearefewsuchonaSouthernplantation.

           Consideringthiscustom,itwassomewhatstrange,thatHenryPoindexterhadnotyetputinanappearance.

           "Wherecantheboybe?"askedhisfather,forthefourthtime,inthattoneofmildconjecturethatscarcecallsforreply.

           Nonewasmadebyeitheroftheothertwoguestsatthetable.Louiseonlygaveexpressiontoasimilarconjecture.Forallthat,therewasastrangenessinherglanceasinthetoneofhervoicethatmighthavebeenobservedbyonecloselyscrutinisingherfeatures.

           Itcouldscarcebecausedbytheabsenceofherbrotherfromthebreakfast-table?Thecircumstancewastootriflingtocallupanemotion;andclearlyatthatmomentwasshesubjecttoone.

           Whatwasit?Nooneputtheinquiry.Herfatherdidnotnoticeanythingoddinherlook.MuchlessCalhoun,whowashimselfmarkedlylabouringtoconcealsomedisagreeablethoughtundertheguiseofanassumednaïvété.

           Eversinceenteringtheroomhehadmaintainedastudiedsilence;keepinghiseyesaverted,insteadof,accordingtohisusualcustom,constantlystrayingtowardshiscousin.

           Hesatenervouslyinhischair;andonceortwicemighthavebeenseentostart,asaservantenteredtheroom.

           Beyonddoubthewasundertheinfluenceofsomeextraordinaryagitation.

           "VerystrangeHenrynotbeingheretohisbreakfast!"remarkedtheplanter,foraboutthetenthtime.

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