Chapter 88

           Beforethemonotonoussummonshasbeenthreetimesrepeated,theladyisseendescendingthestepsofhercarriage.

           ConductedbyanofficeroftheCourt,shetakesherstandonthespotsetapartforthewitnesses.

           WithoutflinchingapparentlywithoutfearshefacestowardstheCourt.

           Alleyesareuponher:someinterrogatively;afew,perhaps,inscorn:butmanyinadmirationthatsecretapprovalwhichfemalelovelinessexacts,evenwhenalliedwithguilt!

           Oneregardsherwithanexpressiondifferentfromtherest:alookoftenderestpassion,dashedwithanalmostimperceptibledistrust.

           Itistheprisonerhimself.Fromhimhereyesareavertedasfromeverybodyelse.

           Onlyonemansheappearstothinkworthyofherattentionhewhohasjustforsakenthestandsheoccupies.ShelooksatCalhoun,herowncousinasthoughwithhereyesshewouldkillhim.

           Coweringundertheglance,heslinksback,untilthecrowdconcealshimfromhersight.

           "Wherewereyou,MissPoindexter,onthenightwhenyourbrotherwaslastseen?"

           ThequestionisputbytheStatecounsellor.

           "Athome,inmyfather’shouse."

           "MayIask,ifonthatnightyouwentintothegarden?"

           "Idid."

           "PerhapsyouwillbegoodenoughtoinformtheCourtatwhathour?"

           "AtthehourofmidnightifIrightlyremember."

           "Wereyoualone?"

           "Notallthetime."

           "Partofittherewassomeonewithyou?"

           "Therewas."

           "Judgingbyyourfrankness,MissPoindexter,youwillnotrefusetoinformtheCourtwhothatpersonwas?"

           "Certainlynot."

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