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Chapter 100

           But,byabitofgoodfortune—notalwaysattendantonanIrishbaronetcy—itcarriedalongwithitanendowment—ampleenoughtoclearCasadelCorvoofthemortgageheldbythelateCassiusCalhoun,andclaimedbyhisnearestofkin.

           ThiswasnotWoodleyPoindexter:forafterCalhoun’sdeath,itwasdiscoveredthattheex-captainhadoncebeenaBenedict;andtherewasayoungscionofhisstock—livinginNewOrleans—whohadthelegalrighttosayhewashisson!

           ItmatterednottoMauriceGerald;who,nowclearofeveryentanglement,becamethehusbandofthefairCreole.

           Afteravisittohisnativeland—includingtheEuropeantour—whichwasalsothatofhishoneymoon—SirMaurice,swayedbyhisinclinations,oncemorereturnedtoTexas,andmadeCasadelCorvohispermanenthome.

           The"blue-eyedcolleen"ofCastleBallaghmusthavebeenamyth—havingexistenceonlyintheerraticfancyofPhelim.Oritmayhavebeenthebudofayounglove,blightedereitreachedblooming—byabsence,oftfataltosuchtenderplantsofpassion?

           Whetherorno,LouisePoindexter—LadyGeraldshemustnowbecalled—duringhersojournintheEmeraldIslesawnothingtoexcitehertojealousy.

           Onlyonceagaindidthisfellpassiontakepossessionofherspirit;andthenonlyintheshapeofashadowsoontopassaway.

           Itwasonedaywhenherhusbandcamehometothehacienda—bearinginhisarmsthebodyofabeautifulwoman!

           Notyetdead;thoughthebloodstreamingfromawoundinherbaredbosomshowedshehadnotlongtolive.

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