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Chapter 22

           Don’tdistressyourselfaboutthat."

           "Troth,masther,yezbeonlytalkin’.Thatisn’tthedangerIwasdrhamin’av.YezknowwillenoughwhatImane.Maybeyezhaveresavedawoundfrombrighteyes,worsethanthatfromlidbullets.Or,maybe,somebodyilsehas;anthat’swhyye’vehadthethingssintye."

           "You’reallwrong,Phelim.ThethingmusthavecomefromtheFort;butwhetheritdid,ornot,there’snoreasonwhyweshouldstanduponceremonywithitscontents.So,heregoestomaketrialofthem!"

           Notwithstandingtheapparentrelishwithwhichtheinvalidpartookoftheproductsbothofcollarandcuisinewhileeatinganddrinking,histhoughtswereoccupiedwithastillmoreagreeabletheme;withastringofdreamyconjectures,astowhomhewasindebtedfortheprincelypresent.

           CoulditbetheyoungCreolethecousinofhisdirestenemyaswellashisreputedsweetheart?

           Thethingappearedimprobable.

           Ifnotshe,whoelsecoulditbe?

           ThemustangerwouldhavegivenahorseawholedrovetohavebeenassuredthatLouisePoindexterwastheproviderofthatluxuriousrefection.

           Twodayselapsed,andthedonorstillremainedunknown.

           Thentheinvalidwasoncemoreagreeablysurprised,byasecondpresentverysimilartothefirstanotherbasket,containingotherbottles,andcrammedwithfresh"confections."

           TheBavarianwenchwasagainquestioned;butwithnobetterresult.A"shentlemans"had"prot"itthesame"strangershentlemans"asbefore.

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