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But I warn you that Captain Carroll said something better than that; he said mourning was not necessary for me. I had only to 'put my eye-lashes at half-mast. He is a soldier you know." "He seems to be as witty as he is fortunate," said Guest, bitterly. "Do you think he is fortunate?" said Maruja, raising her eyes to his.
But the instinct which made him forbear even in thought to take advantage of the duty laid upon him, which dominated even his miserable passion for her, and made it subservient to his exaltation of honor; this epaulet of the officer, and blood of the gentleman, this simple possession of knighthood not laid on by perfunctory steel, but springing from within all this, I grieve to say, was partly unintelligible to Maruja, and not entirely satisfactory.
"'Ruja," replied Enriquita, eagerly, "surely thou wilt not give up this necklace of carved amber, that was brought thee from Manilla it becomes thee so! Everybody says it. All the caballeros, Raymond and Victor, swear that it sets off thy beauty like nothing else." "When thou knowest men better," responded Maruja, in a deep voice, "thou wilt care less for what they say, and despise what they do.
Knowing the difficulty of breaking the usual rigid etiquette, and trusting to the happy intervention of Maruja though here, again, custom debarred him from asking for her he allowed the servant to remove his wet overcoat, and followed him to the stately and solemn chamber prepared for him.
Whatever his feelings were towards her mother, he could not fail to appreciate fully this act of the daughter, which rehabilitated him. It was with more than his usual extravagance shown even in a certain exaggeration of respect towards Maruja that he welcomed the party, and made preparations for the dinner. The telegraph and mounted messengers were put into rapid requisition.
"Forgive me, darling!" he said, dropping on one knee before her and bending over the cold little hand he had taken, until his dark head almost rested in her lap. "Forgive me! You are too proud, Maruja, to admit, even to yourself, that you have given your heart where your hand and fortune could not follow. But others may not think so.
You are right, darling; this secrecy this deceit is unworthy of us! Every hour of it blest as it has been to me every moment sweet as it is blackens the purity of our only defense, makes you false and me a coward! It must end here to-day! Maruja, darling, my precious one! God knows what may be the success of my plans. We have but one chance now.
To reach the open door, she had to pass so near Guest that her soft white flounces brushed his knees, and the flowers in her girdle left their perfume in his face. But he neither moved nor raised his eyes. When she had passed, he rose quietly and stepped into the road. On her nearer survey, Maruja was convinced it was the same man. She remained for an instant, with a little hand on the door-post.
She contrived to pass Guest again in regaining the carriage; but in the few moments' further delay he walked on down the road before them, and, by the time they were ready to start, he was slowly sauntering some hundred yards ahead. They passed him at a rapid trot, but the next moment the char-a-bancs was suddenly pulled up. "My fan!" cried Maruja. "Blessed Santa Maria! my fan!"
There are no sons; she is the sole heiress of the house and estate though, according to the native custom, her sisters will be separately portioned from the other property, which is very large." "Then the Captain might still make a pretty penny on Amita," said the Scotchman. "If he did not risk and lose it all on Maruja.
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