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Her
ready
obedience
had
almost
influenced
him
to
regret
the
prohibition
.
Walking
in
confidence
by
day
,
and
sleeping
in
security
by
night
,
he
fancied
,
it
might
be
recalled
.
*
*
*
It
was
one
of
those
nights
known
only
to
a
southern
sky
,
when
the
full
round
moon
rolls
clear
across
a
canopy
of
sapphire
;
when
the
mountains
have
no
mist
,
and
look
as
though
you
could
lay
your
hand
upon
them
;
when
the
wind
is
hushed
,
and
the
broad
leaves
of
the
tropical
trees
droop
motionless
from
their
boughs
;
themselves
silent
as
if
listening
to
the
concert
of
singular
sounds
carried
on
in
their
midst
,
and
in
which
mingle
the
voices
of
living
creatures
belonging
to
every
department
of
animated
nature
--
beast
,
bird
,
reptile
,
and
insect
.
Such
a
night
was
it
,
as
you
would
select
for
a
stroll
in
company
with
the
being
--
the
one
and
only
being
--
who
,
by
the
mysterious
dictation
of
Nature
,
has
entwined
herself
around
your
heart
--
a
night
upon
which
you
feel
a
wayward
longing
to
have
white
arms
entwined
around
your
neck
,
and
bright
eyes
before
your
face
,
with
that
voluptuous
gleaming
that
can
only
be
felt
to
perfection
under
the
mystic
light
of
the
moon
.
It
was
long
after
the
infantry
drum
had
beaten
tattoo
,
and
the
cavalry
bugle
sounded
the
signal
for
the
garrison
of
Fort
Inge
to
go
to
bed
--
in
fact
it
was
much
nearer
the
hour
of
midnight
--
when
a
horseman
rode
away
from
the
door
of
Oberdoffer
's
hotel
;
and
,
taking
the
down-river
road
,
was
soon
lost
to
the
sight
of
the
latest
loiterer
who
might
have
been
strolling
through
the
streets
of
the
village
.
It
is
already
known
,
that
this
road
passed
the
hacienda
of
Casa
del
Corvo
,
at
some
distance
from
the
house
,
and
on
the
opposite
side
of
the
river
.
It
is
also
known
that
at
the
same
place
it
traversed
a
stretch
of
open
prairie
,
with
only
a
piece
of
copsewood
midway
between
two
extensive
tracts
of
chapparal
.
This
clump
of
isolated
timber
,
known
in
prairie
parlance
as
a
"
motte
"
or
"
island
"
of
timber
,
stood
by
the
side
of
the
road
,
along
which
the
horseman
had
continued
,
after
taking
his
departure
from
the
village
.
On
reaching
the
copse
he
dismounted
;
led
his
horse
in
among
the
underwood
;
"
hitched
"
him
,
by
looping
his
bridle
rein
around
the
topmost
twigs
of
an
elastic
bough
;
then
detaching
a
long
rope
of
twisted
horsehair
from
the
"
horn
"
of
his
saddle
,
and
inserting
his
arm
into
its
coil
,
he
glided
out
to
the
edge
of
the
"
island
,
"
on
that
side
that
lay
towards
the
hacienda
.
Before
forsaking
the
shadow
of
the
copse
,
he
cast
a
glance
towards
the
sky
,
and
at
the
moon
sailing
supremely
over
it
.
It
was
a
glance
of
inquiry
,
ending
in
a
look
of
chagrin
,
with
some
muttered
phrases
that
rendered
it
more
emphatic
.
"
No
use
waiting
for
that
beauty
to
go
to
bed
?
She
's
made
up
her
mind
,
she
wo
n't
go
home
till
morning
--
ha
!
ha
!
"
