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He
had
raised
his
arm
from
the
copestone
,
and
was
in
the
act
of
stepping
back
from
the
parapet
,
when
his
ear
was
saluted
by
another
sound
,
that
caused
him
again
to
lean
forward
and
look
into
the
garden
below
.
This
new
noise
bore
no
resemblance
to
the
stroke
of
an
oar
;
nor
did
it
proceed
from
the
direction
of
the
river
.
It
was
the
creaking
of
a
door
as
it
turned
upon
its
hinge
,
or
,
what
is
much
the
same
,
a
casement
window
;
while
it
came
from
below
--
almost
directly
underneath
the
spot
where
the
listener
stood
.
On
craning
over
to
ascertain
the
cause
,
he
saw
,
what
blanched
his
cheeks
to
the
whiteness
of
the
moonlight
that
shone
upon
them
--
what
sent
the
blood
curdling
through
every
corner
of
his
heart
.
The
casement
that
had
been
opened
was
that
which
belonged
to
the
bed-chamber
of
his
cousin
Louise
.
He
knew
it
.
The
lady
herself
was
standing
outside
upon
the
steps
that
led
to
the
level
of
the
garden
,
her
face
turned
downward
,
as
if
she
was
meditating
a
descent
.
Loosely
attired
in
white
,
as
though
in
the
negligé
of
a
robe
de
chambre
,
with
only
a
small
kerchief
coifed
over
her
crown
,
she
resembled
some
fair
nymph
of
the
night
,
some
daughter
of
the
moon
,
whom
Luna
delighted
to
surround
with
a
silvery
effulgence
!
Calhoun
reasoned
rapidly
.
He
could
not
do
otherwise
than
connect
her
appearance
outside
the
casement
with
the
advent
of
the
man
who
was
making
his
way
across
the
river
.
And
who
could
this
man
be
?
Who
but
Maurice
the
mustanger
?
A
clandestine
meeting
!
And
by
appointment
!
There
could
be
no
doubt
of
it
;
and
if
there
had
,
it
would
have
been
dissolved
,
at
seeing
the
white-robed
figure
glide
noiselessly
down
the
stone
steps
,
and
along
the
gravelled
walks
,
till
it
at
length
disappeared
among
the
trees
that
shadowed
the
mooring-place
of
the
skiff
.
Like
one
paralysed
with
a
powerful
stroke
,
the
ex-captain
continued
for
some
time
upon
the
azotea
--
speechless
and
without
motion
.
It
was
only
after
the
white
drapery
had
disappeared
,
and
he
heard
the
low
murmur
of
voices
rising
from
among
the
trees
,
that
he
was
stimulated
to
resolve
upon
some
course
of
proceeding
.
