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Chapter 78

           Oncemoreinhissaddle,theex-officerrodeonreflectingonhisownastuteness.

           Hisreflectionshadscarcereachedthepointofreverie,whenthehoof-strokeofahorsenothisowncamesuddenlywithinhearing.Notwithinsight:fortheanimalmakingthemwasstillscreenedbythechapparal.

           Plainlywasitapproaching;and,althoughataslowpace,themeasuredtreadtoldofitsbeingguided,andnotstraying.Itwasahorsewitharideruponhisback.

           Inanotherinstantbothwereinview;andCalhounsawbeforehimIsidoraCovarubiodelosLlanos;sheatthesameinstantcatchingsightofhim!

           Itwasastrangecircumstancethatthesetwoshouldthusencounteroneanotherapparentlybychance,thoughperhapscontrolledbydestiny.Strangerstillthethoughtsummonedupinthebosomsofboth.

           InCalhoun,Isidorasawthemanwholovedthewomansheherselfhated.InIsidora,Calhounsawthewomanwholovedhimhebothhatedandhaddeterminedtodestroy.

           Thismutualknowledgetheyhadderivedpartlyfromreport,partlyfromobservation,andpartlyfromthesuspiciouscircumstancesunderwhichmorethanoncetheyhadmet.Theywereequallyconvincedofitstruth.Eachfeltcertainofthesinisterentanglementoftheother;whilebothbelievedtheirowntobeunsuspected.

           Thesituationwasnotcalculatedtocreateafriendlyfeelingbetweenthem.Itisnotnaturalthatman,orwoman,shouldliketheadmirerofarival.Theycanonlybefriendsatthatpointwherejealousypromptstothedeadliestvengeance;andthenitisbutasinistersympathy.

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