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Chapter 78

           AsyetnosuchhadarisenbetweenCassiusCalhounandIsidoraCovarubiodelosLlanos.

           Ifithadbeenpossible,bothmighthavebeenwillingtoavoidtheencounter.Isidoracertainlywas.

           Shehadnopredilectionfortheex-officerofdragoons;andbesidestheknowledgethathewastheloverofherrival,therewasanotherthoughtthatnowrenderedhispresence,ifnotdisagreeable,atleastnotdesirable.

           SherememberedthechaseoftheshamIndians,anditsending.SheknewthatamongtheTexanstherehadbeenmuchconjectureastoherabruptdisappearance,afterappealingtothemforprotection.

           Shehadherownmotiveforthat,whichshedidnotintendtodeclare;andthemanaboutmeetinghermightbeinclinedtoaskquestionsonthesubject.

           Shewouldhavepassedwithasimplesalutationshecouldnotgivelessthanthat.Andperhapshemighthavedonethesame;butforathoughtwhichatthatmomentcameintohismind,entirelyunconnectedwiththereflectionsalreadythereengendered.

           Itwasnottheladyherselfwhosuggestedthethought.Despitehersplendidbeauty,hehadnoadmirationforher.Inhisbreast,ruthlessasitmighthavebeen,therewasnospaceleftforasecondpassionnotevenasensualoneforherthusencounteredinthesolitudeofthechapparal,withNaturewhisperingwild,wickedsuggestions.

           Itwasnoideaofthisthatcausedhimtoreinupinthemiddleofthepath;removethecapfromhiscrown;and,byacourtlysalutation,inviteadialoguewithIsidora.

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