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Chapter 36

           Thelatter,onbeholdinghim,gaveutterancetoaslightexclamation.

           Itwasjoyful,nevertheless;asifhewasgratifiedbytheprospectofatlengthovertakingtheindividualwhomhehadbeenfortenmilessoearnestlypursuing.

           Spurringhishorsetoastillmorerapidpace,healsoenteredtheopening;butonlyintimetogetaglimpseoftheother,justpassingundertheshadowofthetrees,atthepointwheretheavenueangled.

           Withouthesitation,herodeafter;soondisappearingatthesameplace,andinasimilarmanner.

           Itwasalongerintervalbeforethethirdandhindmostofthehorsemenapproachedthepassthatledthroughthechapparal.

           Hedidapproachit,however;butinsteadofridingintoit,astheothershaddone,heturnedoffatanangletowardstheedgeofthetimber;and,afterleavinghishorseamongthetrees,crossedacornerofthethicket,andcameoutintotheopeningonfoot.

           Keepingalongittoallappearancestillmoresolicitousaboutsomethingthatmightbeinhisrearthananythingthatwasinfrontofhimheatlengtharrivedattheshadowyturning;where,likethetwoothers,heabruptlydisappearedinthedarkness.

           Anhourelapsed,duringwhichthenocturnalvoicesofthechapparalthathadbeentwicetemporarilysilencedbythehoofstrokeofahorse,andoncebythefootstepsofamanhadkeptuptheirchoralcriesbyathousandstereotypedrepetitions.

           Thentherecameafurtherinterruption;moreabruptinitscommencement,andoflongercontinuance

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