Chapter 27

           LouisePoindexterupontheazoteaagainagaintobesubjectedtoafreshchagrin!Thatbroadstonestairwaytrendinguptothehousetop,seemedtoleadonlytospectaclesthatgaveherpain.Shehadmentallyvowednomoretoascenditatleastforalongtime.Somethingstrongerthanherstrongwillcombattedandsuccessfullythekeepingofthatvow.Itwasbrokenerethesunofanotherdayhaddriedthedewfromthegrassoftheprairie.

           Asonthedaybefore,shestoodbytheparapetscanningtheroadontheoppositesideoftheriver;asbefore,shesawthehorsemanwiththeslungarmridepast;asbefore,shecrouchedtoscreenherselffromobservation.

           Hewasgoingdownwards,asonthedaypreceding.Inlikemannerdidhecastlongglancestowardsthehacienda,andmadehaltbehindtheclumpoftreesthatgrewopposite.

           Herheartflutteredbetweenhopeandfear.Therewasaninstantwhenshefelthalfinclinedtoshowherself.Fearprevailed;andinthenextinstanthewasgone.

           Whither?

           Theself-askedinterrogatorywasbutthesameasofyesterday.Itmetwithasimilarresponse.

           Whither,ifnottomeetDoñaIsidoraCovarubiodelosLlanos?

           Couldtherebeadoubtofit?

           Ifso,itwassoontobedetermined.Inlessthantwentyminutesafter,apardedsteedwasseenuponthesameroadandinthesamedirectionwithaladyuponitsback.

           ThejealousheartoftheCreolecouldholdoutnolonger.Notruthcouldcausegreatertorturethanshewasalreadysufferingthroughsuspicion.

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