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Updated: May 4, 2025
"Ye ain't ridden from Paradise to tell me that. An' rain's not a- comin', either. 'Twould be a miracle if it did. How's folks? I heard as things couldn't be worse." "They are bad," said I. "Eubank's sister-in-law and two children are dead. Judge Spragg has lost four. In all about sixteen children have gone and five adults. That's Paradise alone; in the foothills " "What brings you here?"
The quiet that falls on a farm in the evening lay on everything. But within was a difference. There, to say nothing of the soldiers, who, irritated by Eubank's supervision, hung about the open windows listening sullenly, the three never ceased to watch and observe one another, ready to spring, ready to fall back at a sign. Of all, perhaps, Hunt was most mystified.
As man after man filed in and formed up before him all armed to the teeth, and all wild, reckless fellows in sea-boots, nightcaps, and tarry jerkins Eubank's craven heart melted within him.
No further words passed then between them, but all moved together towards the house, each avoiding the other's eyes. The threshold reached, there was a momentary pause, the girl looking full at the intruder with a flame of passion in her face, as if she defied him to enter. But Eubank's eyes were lowered, he saw nothing, and with a smirk, and a poor show of making apology, he went in.
When it came to closing time, "Your woman is not in," said one of the soldiers; and he looked at the girl. "Woman?" said Eubank, with meaning; "I have seen no woman." "She was here at midday," the man answered, without suspicion. Perhaps the girl had been expecting it, for she did not blench, though Eubank's eyes were on her face.
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