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Chapter 18

           Likehimselftheywerereturninguponthetrailofthewildmares;which,whenfirstseen,theyhadjuststruck,arrivinguponitfromalateralpath.Sidebysidetheirsaddlesalmostchafingagainsteachothertoallappearanceabsorbedinaconversationofintenseinteresttoboth,theysawnotthesolitaryhorsemanapproachingtheminadiagonaldirection.

           Apparentlylessanxiousthanhetorejointhepartyofpicknickers,theywereadvancingataslowpacetheladyalittleincliningtotherear.

           Theirproximitytooneanothertheirattitudesinthesaddletheirobviousinattentiontooutwardobjectsthesnail-likepaceatwhichtheywereproceedingthese,alongwithoneortwootherslightercircumstancesobservedbyCalhoun,combinedtomakeanimpressiononhismindorrathertostrengthenonealreadymadethatalmostdrovehimmad.

           Togalloprapidlyup,andrudelyterminatethetête-à-tête,wasbutthenaturalinstinctofthechivalricSoutherner.Inobediencetoithespitefullypliedthespur;andoncemoreforcedhisjadedchestnutintoanunwillingcanter.

           Inafewseconds,however,heslackenedpaceasifchanginghisdetermination.Thesoundofhishorse’shoofshadnotyetwarnedtheothersofhisproximitythoughhewasnowlessthantwohundredyardsbehindthem!Hecouldhearthesilverytonesofhiscousin’svoicebearingthebetterpartoftheconversation.

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