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Chapter 61

           WhyshouldIconcealitfromyou—youuphere,whoknoweverythingthat’sdownthere?Surelyyouknowher—Louise?Youshould:youcouldnothelplovingher—ah!withallyourhearts,asIwithallmine—all—all!"

           Notwhentheselastwordswereoncebeforespoken—firstspokenundertheshadeoftheacaciatrees—thespeakerinfullconsciousnessofintellect—inthefullfervourofhissoul—notthenweretheylistenedtowithsuchdelight.O,happyhourforherwhoheardthem!

           Againweresoftkisseslavisheduponthatfeveredbrow—uponthosewanlips;butthistimebyonewhohadnoneedtorecoilafterthecontact.

           Sheonlystooduperect—triumphant;—herhandpressinguponherheart,tostayitswildpulsations.Itwaspleasuretoocomplete,tooecstatic:fortherewaspaininthethoughtthatitcannotbefeltforever—inthefearofitsbeingtoosooninterrupted.

           Thelastwasbuttheshadowthrownbefore,andinsuchshapeitappeared—ashadowthatcampdarklingthroughthedoorway.

           Thesubstancethatfollowedwasaman;who,themomentafter,wasseenstandinguponthestoup.

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

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