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She arose with an effort. She had recovered from the first shock, and pride lent her a determined calmness that more than equaled Poindexter's easy philosophy. "Where is he?" she asked. "At sea, and I hope by this time where he cannot be found or followed." Was her momentary glimpse of the outgoing ship a coincidence or only a vision?
Tucker dropped her eyes and was silent. A sudden shame suffused Poindexter's cheek; he felt as if he had struck that woman a blow. "I beg your pardon," he said hastily; "I am talking like a lawyer to a lawyer." He would have taken any other woman by the hand in the honest fullness of his apology, but something restrained him here.
"On the contrary, I shall abide by my offer," said Poindexter, quietly. Don Jose eyed him narrowly, and then said, "Ah, we shall consider of it." He did consider it, and accepted the offer. With the full control of the land, Captain Poindexter's improvements, so indefinitely postponed, were actively pushed forward.
She arose with an effort. She had recovered from the first shock, and pride lent her a determined calmness that more than equaled Poindexter's easy philosophy. "Where is he?" she asked. "At sea, and I hope by this time where he can not be found or followed." Was her momentary glimpse of the outgoing ship a coincidence, or only a vision?
I know this, because I have seen him more than once during the last week, when he thought himself completely invisible. I have caught sight of him in Mr. Poindexter's grounds when Eva and I stood talking together in the window. I even saw him once in church, in a dark corner, to be sure, but where he could keep his eye upon us, sitting together in Mr. Poindexter's pew.
He proceeded, almost on a run, to Poindexter's house, and arrived just as the funeral cortège was issuing from the door. And now happened a strange thing. The young girl had been laid on an open bier, and was being carried by six sturdy lads to her last resting place.
That original purpose having been now carried out, there remains nothing more to be added and the chapter ends. Over Jefferson Poindexter's usually buoyant spirits a fabric of gloom, black, thick, and heavy, was spread like a burying-pall. His thoughts were the color of twelve o'clock at night at the bottom of a coal-mine and it the dark of the moon.
Thomas, go on your way; make the girl your wife I had rather you would, since she is what she is but after she has taken your name, after she believes herself secure in her honorable position and your love, then you are to remember our compact and your oath back upon John Poindexter's care she is to be thrown, shortly, curtly, without explanation or excuse; and if it costs you your life, you are to stand firm in this attitude, using but one weapon in the struggle which may open between you and her father, and that is, your name of Cadwalader.
Mr. Poindexter needs the change, and Eva and I are delighted at the prospect of a private wedding. Then we will be near Felix, but not to subject ourselves to his will. Oh, no! Married! She is mine. And now to confront Felix with my determination to hold on to my happiness. How I love her, and how I pity him! John Poindexter's wickedness is forgotten, Evelyn but a fading memory.
"On the contrary, I shall abide by my offer," said Poindexter, quietly. Don José eyed him narrowly, and then said, "Ah, we shall consider of it." He did consider it, and accepted the offer. With the full control of the land, Captain Poindexter's improvements, so indefinitely postponed, were actively pushed forward.
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