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Chapter 4

           Cedric,thoughsurprised,andperhapsnotaltogetheragreeablyso,athiswardappearinginpubliconthisoccasion,hastenedtomeether,andtoconducther,withrespectfulceremony,totheelevatedseatathisownrighthand,appropriatedtotheladyofthemansion.Allstooduptoreceiveher;and,replyingtotheircourtesybyamutegestureofsalutation,shemovedgracefullyforwardtoassumeherplaceattheboard.Ereshehadtimetodoso,theTemplarwhisperedtothePrior,"Ishallwearnocollarofgoldofyoursatthetournament.TheChianwineisyourown."

           "SaidInotso?"answeredthePrior;"butcheckyourraptures,theFranklinobservesyou."

           Unheedingthisremonstrance,andaccustomedonlytoactupontheimmediateimpulseofhisownwishes,BriandeBois-GuilbertkepthiseyesrivetedontheSaxonbeauty,morestrikingperhapstohisimagination,becausedifferingwidelyfromthoseoftheEasternsultanas.

           Formedinthebestproportionsofhersex,Rowenawastallinstature,yetnotsomuchsoastoattractobservationonaccountofsuperiorheight.Hercomplexionwasexquisitelyfair,butthenoblecastofherheadandfeaturespreventedtheinsipiditywhichsometimesattachestofairbeauties.Herclearblueeye,whichsatenshrinedbeneathagracefuleyebrowofbrownsufficientlymarkedtogiveexpressiontotheforehead,seemedcapabletokindleaswellasmelt,tocommandaswellastobeseech.

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