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Chapter 35

           Calhounstooduponthestones,tillthefootfallofthehorsebecamebutfaintlydistinguishableinthedistance.

           Then,asifactingundersomesuddenimpulse,hehurriedalongtheverandahtohisownroom;enteredit;reappearedinaroughovercoat;crossedbacktothestable;wentin;cameoutagainwithhisownhorsesaddledandbridled;ledtheanimalalongthepavement,asgentlyasifhewasstealinghim;andonceoutsideupontheturf,spranguponhisback,androderapidlyaway.

           Foramileormorehefollowedthesameroad,thathadbeentakenbyHenryPoindexter.Itcouldnothavebeenwithanyideaofovertakingthelatter:since,longbefore,thehoofstrokesofHenry’shorsehadceasedtobeheard;andproceedingataslowerpace,Calhoundidnotrideasifhecaredaboutcatchingupwithhiscousin.

           Hehadtakentheup-riverroad.WhenaboutmidwaybetweenCasadelCorvoandtheFort,hereinedup;and,afterscrutinisingthechapparalaroundhim,struckoffbyabridle-pathleadingbacktowardthebankoftheriver.Asheturnedintoithemighthavebeenheardmutteringtohimself

           "Achancestillleft;agoodone,thoughnotsocheapastheother.Itwillcostmeathousanddollars.Whatofthat,solongasIgetridofthisIrishcurse,whohaspoisonedeveryhourofmyexistence!Iftruetohispromise,hetakestheroutetohishomebyanearlyhourinthemorning.Whattime,Iwonder.Thesemenoftheprairiescallitlaterising,iftheybeabedtilldaybreak!Nevermind.

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