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Chapter 61

           WhyshouldIconcealitfromyouyouuphere,whoknoweverythingthat’sdownthere?SurelyyouknowherLouise?Youshould:youcouldnothelplovingherah!withallyourhearts,asIwithallmineallall!"

           Notwhentheselastwordswereoncebeforespokenfirstspokenundertheshadeoftheacaciatreesthespeakerinfullconsciousnessofintellectinthefullfervourofhissoulnotthenweretheylistenedtowithsuchdelight.O,happyhourforherwhoheardthem!

           Againweresoftkisseslavisheduponthatfeveredbrowuponthosewanlips;butthistimebyonewhohadnoneedtorecoilafterthecontact.

           Sheonlystooduperecttriumphant;herhandpressinguponherheart,tostayitswildpulsations.Itwaspleasuretoocomplete,tooecstatic:fortherewaspaininthethoughtthatitcannotbefeltforeverinthefearofitsbeingtoosooninterrupted.

           Thelastwasbuttheshadowthrownbefore,andinsuchshapeitappearedashadowthatcampdarklingthroughthedoorway.

           Thesubstancethatfollowedwasaman;who,themomentafter,wasseenstandinguponthestoup.

           Therewasnothingterribleintheaspectofthenew-comer.Onthecontrary,hiscountenanceandcostumeweretypesofthecomical,heightenedbycontrastwiththewildassociationsofthetimeandplace.Stillfurther,fromjuxtapositionwiththeoddobjectscarriedinhishands;inoneatomahawk;intheotherahugesnake;withitstailterminatinginastringofbead-likerattles,thatbetrayeditsspecies.

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