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The villa where we have introduced the reader was that of the late Edward Huntington, a successful English merchant, who had resided many years in India and had realized a fortune, which he had proposed to return to his native land to enjoy with his wife and only child. THE VILLA WHERE WE HAVE INTRODUCED THE READER WAS THAT OF THE LATE EDWARD HUNTINGDON A SUCCESSFUL ENGLISH MERCHANT WHO HAD RESIDED MANY YEARS IN INDIA AND HAD REALIZED A FORTUNE WHICH HE HAD PROPOSED TO RETURN TO HIS NATIVE LAND TO ENJOY WITH HIS WIFE AND ONLY CHILD
, and had so decidedly declined his suit, yet here lingered some strange interest about him in her mind, as was evinced by her now repairing to the window, and sitting behind the broad shadow of its painted screen, where she watched his approach to she landing, near the city gates, and saw the sturdy boatmen dip their oars in regular time, propelling the boat with arrow-like speed to the ship's side, where its master hastened upon deck and disappeared, while the boat was hoisted to the quarter-davits. Anon she saw the sheets fall from the ponderous yards, and sheeted home, the anchor gradually raised to her bow, the yards squared to bring her with her head to the sea, and then a clear white cloud of smoke burst from her bows as she gathered steerage-way, and a dull heavy report of distant ordinance boomed upon the ear of the listening girl, unanswered by a deep sigh from her own bosom--a sigh not for him who had just left her, but for some kindred association that his presence aroused. EATED HIM THUS COLDLY AND HAD SO DECIDEDLY DECLINED HIS SUIT YET HERE LINGERED SOME STRANGE INTEREST ABOUT HIM IN HER MIND AS WAS EVINCED BY HER NOW REPAIRING TO THE WINDOW AND SITTING BEHIND THE BROAD SHADOW OF ITS PAINTED SCREEN WHERE SHE WATCHED HIS APPROACH TO THE LANDING NEAR THE CITY GATES AND SAW THE STURDY BOATMEN DIP THEIR OARS IN REGULAR TIME PROPELLING THE BOAT WITH ARROW LIKE SPEED TO THE SHIP'S SIDE WHERE ITS MASTER HASTENED UPON DECK AND DISAPPEARED WHILE THE BOAT WAS HOISTED TO THE QUARTER DAVITS ANON SHE SAW THE SHEETS FALL FROM THE PONDEROUS YARDS AND SHEETED HOME THE ANCHOR GRADUALLY RAISED TO HER BOW THE YARD SQUARED TO BRING HER WITH HER HEAD TO THE SEA AND THEN A CLEAR WHITE CLOUD OF SMOKE BURST FROM HER BOWS AS SHE GATHERED STEERAGE WAY AND A DULL HEAVY REPORT OF DISTANT ORDINANCE BOOMED UPON THE EAR OF THE LISTENING GIRL UNANSWERED BY A DEEP SIGH FROM HER OWN BOSOM A SIGN NOT FOR HIM WHO HAD JUST LEFT HER BUT FOR SOME KINDRED ASSOCIATION THAT HIS PRESENCE AROUSED
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