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Chapter 64

           Onlybyconcealmenthadhesavedhisskin:forhislifewasnowworthscarcesomuchasthatofhismaster.

           Ascoreofrifleswereclutchedwithangryenergy,theirmuzzlesbroughttobearupontheoldmare.

           Butbeforeanyofthemcouldbedischarged,amanstandingnearthrewhislazoaroundherneck,andchokedherintosilence.

           Tranquillityisrestored,andalongwithitaresumptionofthedeadlydesign.TheRegulatorsarestillinthesametemper.

           Theludicrousincident,whilstperplexing,hasnotprovokedtheirmirth;butthecontrary.

           Somefeelshameatthesorryfiguretheyhavecut,inthefaceofafalsealarm;whileothersarechafedattheinterruptionofthesolemnceremonial.

           Theyreturntoitwithincreasedvindictivenessasprovedbytheiroaths,andangryexclamations.

           Oncemorethevengefulcircleclosesaroundthecondemnedtheterribletableauisreconstructed.

           Oncemoretheruffianslayholdoftherope;andforthesecondtimeeveryoneisimpressedwiththesolemnthought:

           "SoonmustthesoulofMauriceGeraldgobacktoitsGod!"

           Thankheaven,thereisanotherinterruptiontothatsternceremonialofdeath.

           Howunliketodeathisthatbrightformflittingundertheshadows,flashingoutintotheopensunlight.

           "Awoman!abeautifulwoman!"

           ’Tisonlyasilentthought;fornooneessaystospeak.Theystandrigidasever,butwithstrangelyalteredlooks.Eventherudestofthemrespectthepresenceofthatfairintruder.Thereissubmissionintheirattitude,asiffromaconsciousnessofguilt.

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