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Chapter 48

           Theaccomplishmentisoneofherconceits;apartoftheidiosyncrasyalreadyacknowledged.

           Sheisridingalongaroadnotthepubliconethatfollowsthedirectionoftheriver.Itisaprivatewayleadingfromthehaciendaofheruncle,runningintotheformernearthesummitofahillthehillitselfbeingonlythebluffthatabutsuponthebottomlandsoftheLeona.

           Sheascendstheslopingpathsteepenoughtotrythebreathingofhersteed.Shereachesthecrestoftheridge,alongwhichtrendstheroadbelongingtoeverybody.

           Shereinsup;thoughnottogiveherhorseanopportunityofresting.Shehashalted,becauseofhavingreachedthepointwhereherexcursionistoterminate.

           Thereisanopeningononesideoftheroad,ofcircularshape,andhavingasuperficiesofsometwoorthreeacres.Itisgrass-coveredandtreelessaprairieinpetto.Itissurroundedbythechapparalforestverydifferentfromthebottomtimberoutofwhichshehasjustemerged.Onallsidesistheenclosingthicketofspinousplants,brokenonlybytheembouchuresofthreepaths,theirtripleopeningsscarceperceptiblefromthemiddleoftheglade.

           Nearitscentreshehaspulledup,pattingherhorseuponthenecktokeephimquiet.Itisnotmuchneeded.Thescalingofthe"cuesta"hasdonethatforhim.Hehasnoinclinationeithertogoon,ortrampimpatientlyinhisplace.

           "Iambeforethehourofappointment,"muttersshe,drawingagoldwatchfromunderherserapé,"if,indeed,Ishouldexpecthimatall.

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