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Chapter 24

           Shewasstandingupontheedgeoftheazoteathatfrontedtowardstheeast;herwhitehandrestinguponthecopestoneoftheparapetstillwetwiththedewsofthenight,underhereyeswasthegarden,enclosedwithinacurveoftheriver;beyondthebluffformedbytheoppositebank;andfurtherstill,thewide-spreadingplateauoftheprairie.

           Wasshelookingatalandscape,thatcouldscarcefailtochallengeadmiration?No.

           Equallywassheunconsciousoftheascendingsun;though,likesomefairpagan,didsheappeartobeinprayeratitsapprising!

           Listenedshetothevoicesofthebirds,fromgardenandgroveswellingharmoniouslyaroundher?

           Onthecontrary,herearwasnotbenttocatchanysound,norhereyeintentuponanyobject.Herglancewaswandering,asifherthoughtswentnotwithit,butweredwellinguponsometheme,neitherpresentnornear.

           Incontrastwiththecheerfulbrightnessofthesky,therewasashadowuponherbrow;despitethejoyouswarblingofthebirds,therewasthesignofsadnessonhercheek.

           Shewasalone.Therewasnoonetotakenoteofthismelancholymood,norinquireintoitscause.

           Thecausewasdeclaredinafewlowmurmuredwords,thatfell,asifinvoluntarily,fromherlips.

           "Hemaybedangerouslywoundedperhapseventodeath?"

           Whowastheobjectofthissolicitudesohypotheticallyexpressed?

           Theinvalidthatlaybelow,almostunderherfeet,inachamberofthehaciendahercousinCassiusCalhoun?

           Itcouldscarcebehe.

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