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Chapter 90

           "IcangivenoreasonwhyIstayeduponthespot;unlessthatIlikedit,frombeingthesceneofourreconciliationbymesolittlelookedforandsomuchdesired.

           "InolongercaredforgoingontotheAlamothatnight.Iwashappyenoughtostayunderthetree;and,dismounting,Istakedoutmyhorse;wrappedmyselfupinthecloak;andwiththehatuponmyhead,laydownuponthegrass.

           "InthreesecondsIwasasleep.

           "Itwasrareforsleeptocomeonmesoreadily.Halfanhourbefore,andthethingwouldhavebeenimpossible.IcanonlyaccountforthechangebythefeelingofcontentmentthatwasuponmeaftertheunpleasantexcitementthroughwhichIhadpassed.

           "Myslumberscouldnothavebeenverysound;norweretheylongundisturbed.

           "Icouldnothavebeenunconsciousformorethantwominutes,whenasoundawokeme.Itwasthereportofagun.

           "Iwasnotquitesureofitsbeingthis.Ionlyfanciedthatitwas.

           "MyhorseseemedtoknowbetterthanI.AsIlookedup,hewasstandingwithearserect,snorting,asifhehadbeenfiredat!

           "Isprangtomyfeet,andstoodlistening.

           "ButasIcouldhearnothingmore,andthemustangsoonquieteddown,Icametotheconclusionthatwehadbothbeenmistaken.Thehorsehadheardthefootstepsofsomestrayinganimal;andthatwhichstruckuponmyearmighthavebeenthesnappingofabranchbrokenbyitspassagethroughthethicket;orperhapsoneofthemanymysterioussoundsmysterious,becauseunexplainedoftenheardintherecessesofthechapparal.

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