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Louise
Poindexter
had
the
will
;
Maurice
Gerald
had
suggested
the
way
.
The
sagittary
correspondence
could
not
last
for
long
.
They
are
but
lukewarm
lovers
who
can
content
themselves
with
a
dialogue
carried
on
at
bowshot
distance
.
Hearts
brimful
of
passion
must
beat
and
burn
together
--
in
close
proximity
--
each
feeling
the
pulsation
of
the
other
.
"
If
there
be
an
Elysium
on
earth
,
it
is
this
!
"
Maurice
Gerald
was
not
the
man
--
nor
Louise
Poindexter
the
woman
--
to
shun
such
a
consummation
.
It
came
to
pass
:
not
under
the
tell-tale
light
of
the
sun
,
but
in
the
lone
hour
of
midnight
,
when
but
the
stars
could
have
been
witnesses
of
their
social
dereliction
.
Twice
had
they
stood
together
in
that
garden
grove
--
twice
had
they
exchanged
love
vows
--
under
the
steel-grey
light
of
the
stars
;
and
a
third
interview
had
been
arranged
between
them
.
Little
suspected
the
proud
planter
--
perhaps
prouder
of
his
daughter
than
anything
else
he
possessed
--
that
she
was
daily
engaged
in
an
act
of
rebellion
--
the
wildest
against
which
parental
authority
may
pronounce
itself
.
His
own
daughter
--
his
only
daughter
--
of
the
best
blood
of
Southern
aristocracy
;
beautiful
,
accomplished
,
everything
to
secure
him
a
splendid
alliance
--
holding
nightly
assignation
with
a
horse-hunter
!
Could
he
have
but
dreamt
it
when
slumbering
upon
his
soft
couch
,
the
dream
would
have
startled
him
from
his
sleep
like
the
call
of
the
eternal
trumpet
!
He
had
no
suspicion
--
not
the
slightest
.
The
thing
was
too
improbable
--
too
monstrous
,
to
have
given
cause
for
one
.
Its
very
monstrosity
would
have
disarmed
him
,
had
the
thought
been
suggested
.
He
had
been
pleased
at
his
daughter
's
compliance
with
his
late
injunctions
;
though
he
would
have
preferred
her
obeying
them
to
the
letter
,
and
riding
out
in
company
with
her
brother
or
cousin
--
which
she
still
declined
to
do
.
This
,
however
,
he
did
not
insist
upon
.
He
could
well
concede
so
much
to
her
caprice
:
since
her
staying
at
home
could
be
no
disadvantage
to
the
cause
that
had
prompted
him
to
the
stern
counsel
.
