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After
his
departure
,
an
episode
occurs
under
the
shadow
of
the
live
oak
.
It
is
not
this
that
hinders
it
from
being
observed
;
but
because
every
one
has
turned
face
towards
the
plain
,
and
watches
the
chase
,
fast
receding
from
view
.
There
is
one
scanning
it
with
a
look
unlike
the
others
.
A
lady
strains
her
eyes
through
the
curtains
of
a
calèche
--
her
glance
telling
of
a
thought
within
dissimilar
to
that
felt
by
the
common
spectators
.
It
is
no
mere
curiosity
that
causes
her
twin
breasts
to
sink
and
swell
in
quick
spasmodic
breathing
.
In
her
eye
,
still
showing
sadness
,
there
is
a
gleam
of
triumph
as
it
follows
the
pursuer
--
tempered
with
mercy
,
as
it
falls
upon
the
pursued
;
while
from
her
lips
,
slightly
parted
,
escapes
the
prayer
:
"
God
have
mercy
on
the
guilty
man
!
"
*
*
*
Delayed
a
little
at
mounting
--
and
more
in
procuring
the
lazo
--
Maurice
Gerald
is
the
very
latest
to
leave
the
ground
.
On
clearing
the
skirt
of
the
crowd
,
now
dispersed
over
the
parade
,
he
sees
the
others
far
ahead
--
a
distance
of
several
hundred
yards
separating
him
from
the
rearmost
.
He
thinks
nothing
of
this
.
Confident
in
the
qualities
of
his
steed
,
he
knows
he
will
not
long
ride
in
the
rear
.
And
the
blood-bay
answers
his
expectations
.
As
if
joyed
at
being
relieved
from
his
inert
load
--
to
him
an
incubus
inexplicable
--
and
inspired
by
the
pressure
of
his
master
's
knees
,
the
noble
horse
springs
off
over
the
prairie
turf
--
in
long
sinewy
strides
,
showing
that
his
body
still
retains
its
strength
,
and
his
limbs
their
elasticity
.
He
soon
closes
upon
the
hindmost
;
overtakes
one
;
then
another
,
and
another
,
till
he
has
surged
far
ahead
of
the
"
field
.
"
Still
on
,
over
the
rolling
ridges
--
across
the
stream-beds
between
--
on
,
over
soft
turf
,
and
sharp
shingle
,
till
at
length
his
competitors
lose
sight
of
him
--
as
they
have
already
done
of
the
grey
mustang
and
its
rider
.
There
is
but
one
of
the
pursuing
party
who
continues
to
keep
him
in
view
--
a
tall
man
,
mounted
upon
what
might
be
taken
for
the
sorriest
of
steeds
--
an
old
mustang
mare
.
