Всадник без головы

Chapter 58

           Hehadwitnessedtheattitudeoftheintruderitsapparenthostilityanddrawinghisdeductions,hadtakenstanddirectlyinfrontofPhelimandthedoor,withtheevidentdeterminationthatneithershouldbereachedexceptoverhisownbody,andafterrunningthegauntletofhisformidableincisors.

           Isidorashowednointentionofundertakingtherisk.Shehadnone.Astonishmentwas,forthetime,thesolefeelingthatpossessedher.

           Sheremainedtransfixedtothespot,withoutattemptingtosayaword.

           Shestoodexpectingly.Tosuchaneccentricpreludethereshouldbeacorrespondingfinale.Perplexed,butpatiently,sheawaitedit.

           Ofherlatealarmtherewasnothingleft.Whatshesawwastooludicroustoallowofapprehension;thoughitwasalsotooincomprehensibletoelicitlaughter.

           Inthemienoftheman,whohadsooddlycomportedhimself,therewasnosignofmirth.Ifanything,ashowofseriousness,oddlycontrastingwiththecomicalacthehadcommitted;andwhichplainlyproclaimedthathehadnotbeentreatinghertoajoke.

           Theexpressionofhelplessperplexitythathadbecomefixeduponherfeatures,continuedthere;untilatallman,wearingafadedblanketcoat,andcarryingasix-footrifle,wasseenstridingamongthetree-trunks,attherateoftenmilestothehour.Hewasmakingdirectforthejacalé.

           Atsightofthenew-comerhercountenanceunderwentachange.Therewasnowperceptibleuponitashadeofapprehension;andthelittlepistolwasclutchedwithrenewednervebythedelicatehandthatstillcontinuedtoholdit.

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