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Chapter 32

           Thelovers,absorbedinthesweetinterchangeofamutualaffection,hearditnot.Theysawnotthatdarkshadow,intheshapeofmanordevil,flittingamongtheflowers;nowstandingbyastatue;nowcoweringundercoveroftheshrubbery,untilatlengthitbecamestationarybehindthetrunkofatree,scarcetenpacesfromthespotwheretheywerekissingeachother!

           Littledidtheysuspect,inthatmomentofcelestialhappinesswhenallnaturewashushedaroundthem,thatthesilencewasexposingtheirpassionatespeeches,andthetreacherousmoon,atthesametime,betrayingtheirexcitedactions.

           Thatshadowylistener,crouchingguilty-likebehindthetree,wasawitnesstoboth.Withineasyearshot,hecouldheareverywordeventhesighsandsoftlowmurmuringsoftheirlove;whileunderthesilverylightofthemoon,withscarceasprigcomingbetween,hecoulddetecttheirslightestgestures.

           Itisscarcenecessarytogivethenameofthedastardlyeavesdropper.ThatofCassiusCalhounwillhavesuggesteditself.

           Itwashe.

           

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