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Chapter 100

           But,byabitofgoodfortunenotalwaysattendantonanIrishbaronetcyitcarriedalongwithitanendowmentampleenoughtoclearCasadelCorvoofthemortgageheldbythelateCassiusCalhoun,andclaimedbyhisnearestofkin.

           ThiswasnotWoodleyPoindexter:forafterCalhoun’sdeath,itwasdiscoveredthattheex-captainhadoncebeenaBenedict;andtherewasayoungscionofhisstocklivinginNewOrleanswhohadthelegalrighttosayhewashisson!

           ItmatterednottoMauriceGerald;who,nowclearofeveryentanglement,becamethehusbandofthefairCreole.

           AfteravisittohisnativelandincludingtheEuropeantourwhichwasalsothatofhishoneymoonSirMaurice,swayedbyhisinclinations,oncemorereturnedtoTexas,andmadeCasadelCorvohispermanenthome.

           The"blue-eyedcolleen"ofCastleBallaghmusthavebeenamythhavingexistenceonlyintheerraticfancyofPhelim.Oritmayhavebeenthebudofayounglove,blightedereitreachedbloomingbyabsence,oftfataltosuchtenderplantsofpassion?

           Whetherorno,LouisePoindexterLadyGeraldshemustnowbecalledduringhersojournintheEmeraldIslesawnothingtoexcitehertojealousy.

           Onlyonceagaindidthisfellpassiontakepossessionofherspirit;andthenonlyintheshapeofashadowsoontopassaway.

           Itwasonedaywhenherhusbandcamehometothehaciendabearinginhisarmsthebodyofabeautifulwoman!

           Notyetdead;thoughthebloodstreamingfromawoundinherbaredbosomshowedshehadnotlongtolive.

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