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he said sagaciously, as he looked into her dark spirited eyes with admiration he could not avoid. "Have I anything to gain by a lie?" responded Maud, with a curling lip. "No, I presume not," he answered. HE SAID SAGACIOUSLY AS HE LOOKED INTO HER DARK SPIRITED EYES WITH ADMIRATION HE COULD NOT AVOID HAVE I ANYTHING TO GAIN BY A LIE RESPONDED MAUD WITH A CURLING LIP NO I PRESUME NOT HE ANSWERED
feelings to each other. Indeed Maud, who had been a secret witness of the deed, already realized that Captain Bramble was the enemy of him whom she had once loved, and whom she now so bitterly despised. Untutored in the ways of the world and fashionable intrigue, yet the Quadroon saw very clearly that through Captain Bramble she might consummate that revenge which she had so signally failed in doing by the agency of the hostile negro tribes she had treacherously brought to her father's doors. He had not been long at the factory, therefore, on landing after the duel, before Maud sought a private interview with him, on pretext of communicating to him some information that should be of value to him in connection with his official duty. To this, of course, the English officer responded at once, shrewdly suspecting at least a portion of the truth, and he therefore met Maud at an appointed spot in the jungle hard by her father's house. "You will speak truly in what you tell me, my good girl? DISCOVER THEMSELVES AND FEELINGS TO EACH OTHER INDEED MAUD WHO HAD BEEN A SECRET WITNESS OF THE DEED ALREADY REALIZED THAT CAPTAIN BRAMBLE WAS THE ENEMY OF HIM WHOM SHE HAD ONCE LOVED AND WHOM SHE NOW SO BITTERLY DESPISED UNTUTORED IN THE WAYS OF THE WORLD AND FASHIONABLE INTRIGUE YET THE QUADROON SAW VERY CLEARLY THAT THROUGH CAPTAIN BRAMBLE SHE MIGHT CONSUMMATE THAT REVENGE WHICH SHE HAD SO SIGNALLY FAILED IN DOING BY THE AGENCY OF THE HOSTILE NEGRO TRIBES SHE HAD TREACHEROUSLY BROUGHT TO HER FATHER'S DOOR HE HAD NOT BEEN LONG AT THE FACTORY THEREFORE ON LANDING AFTER THE DUEL BEFORE MAUD SOUGHT A PRIVATE INTERVIEW WITH HIM ON PRETEXT OF COMMUNICATING TO HIM SOME INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE OF VALUE TO HIM IN CONNECTION WITH HIS OFFICIAL DUTY TO THIS OF COURSE THE ENGLISH OFFICER RESPONDED AT ONCE SHREWDLY SUSPECTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE TRUTH AND THEREFORE MET MAUD AT AN APPOINTED SPOT IN THE JUNGLE HARD BY HER FATHER'S HOUSE YOU WILL SPEAK TRULY IN WHAT YOU TELL ME MY GOOD GIRL
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