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Chapter 14

           ForamomentCalhounwrithedundertheawkwardmisconceptionoftheauditory;butonlyforamoment.Hewasnotthemantosuccumbtoanunluckyaccidentofspeech.Onthecontrary,heperceivedthechanceofatriumphantreply;andtookadvantageofit.

           "Indeed!"hedrawledout,withoutappearingtoaddresshimselftoanyoneinparticular."Iwasnotawarethatmustangsweresodangerousintheseparts."

           AsCalhounsaidthis,hewasnotlookingatLouisePoindexterorhemighthavedetectedinhereyeaglancetogratifyhim.

           TheyoungCreole,despiteanapparentcoolnesstowardshim,couldnotwithholdadmirationatanythingthatshowedcleverness.Hiscasemightnotbesohopeless?

           Theyoungdragoon,Hancock,didnotthinkitso;noryetthelieutenantofrifles.Bothobservedtheapprovinglook,andbothbecameimbuedwiththebeliefthatCassiusCalhounhadormighthaveinhiskeeping,thehappinessofhiscousin.

           Theconjecturegaveasecretchagrintoboth,butespeciallytothedragoon.

           Therewasbutshorttimeforhimtoreflectuponit;themanadawasdrawingnear.

           "Tothesaddle!"wasthethoughtuponeverymind,andthecryuponeverytongue.

           Thebitwasrudelyinsertedbetweenteethstillindustriouslygrindingtheyellowcorn;thebridledrawnovershouldersyetsmokingafterthequickskurryoftwentymilesthroughthecloseatmosphereofatropicalmorn;and,beforeahundredcouldhavebeendeliberatelycounted,everyone,ladiesandgentlemenalike,wasinthestirrup,readytoplywhipandspur.

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