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Updated: October 15, 2025
Under other circumstances I could have felt compassion for the poor fellow; but my heart was too full there was no room in it for Scipio; and I averted my face from the disgusting spectacle. I once more fixed my eyes upon the entrance, scrutinising every form that passed in. As yet no appearance of D'Hauteville! Surely he would soon arrive. He said at twelve o'clock.
"At one bet," repeated he, in a determined tone. "Place it upon the ace!" "As you wish, sir," responded Chorley, with perfect sang-froid, at the same time handing back the ring to its owner. D'Hauteville took the jewel in his slender white fingers, and laid it on the centre of the card. It was the only bet made.
I had not heard the preliminaries, but as I re-entered there fell upon my ears the terrible words "A thousand dollars for the Quadroon. A thousand dollars bid!" "O Heaven! D'Hauteville has deceived me. She is lost! lost!" In my desperation I was about to interrupt the sale. I was about to proclaim aloud its unfairness, in the fact that the Quadroon had been taken out of the order advertised!
Neither the slightest rumble nor clap was heard, but the wild creatures once more uttered their varied cries. "We must conceal the horses, then," said my companion; "some straggler might be abroad, and with this light they could be seen far off. The pawpaw thicket is the very place. Let us seek it! It lies in this direction." D'Hauteville rode forward among the tree-trunks.
"If not," I continued, "then there is only the hope that he who shall become the purchaser, may afterwards sell her to me. I care not at what price, if I " "Ah!" interrupted D'Hauteville, suddenly waking from his reverie; "it is just that which troubles me that is exactly what I have been thinking upon. I fear, Monsieur, I fear " "Speak on!"
Even in the distance I could perceive this, and my heart bounded with joy. She had understood my note. She was looking for me! D'Hauteville thought so as well. Our prospects were brightening. If she guessed our design, our task would be easier. She remained but a few moments by the window.
What of all that? The surprise might have been well feigned. Possibly enough; and after my late experience of the pork-merchant, probably enough, Monsieur D'Hauteville was also a partner in the firm of Chorley, Hatcher, and Co. I wheeled round with an angry expression on my lips, when the current of my thoughts was suddenly checked, and turned into a new channel.
She had either not yet arrived, or was kept at some other place. They had not seen her! They knew nothing about her. Disappointed and wearied with running through the hot and dusty streets, I returned to the hotel. I waited for night. I waited for the coming of Eugene d'Hauteville, for such was the name of my new acquaintance. I was strangely interested in this young man.
It cost him but the drawing out of half-a-dozen cards, and it became his! "How much against this?" D'Hauteville drew off his ring, and held it before the dazzled eyes of the dealer. At this crisis I once more interfered, but my remonstrance was unheeded. It was of no use trying to stay the fiery spirit of the Creole. The ring was a diamond, or rather a collection of diamonds in a gold setting.
I rambled this morning through the so-called German quarter of Paris around the Rue d'Hauteville and between the main boulevards and the Rue Lafayette. All the German and Austrian teutons shops and places of business are closed.
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