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No, he had not rightly understood the Quadroon; it was not wounded pride, that sentiment so easily healed when once bruised in the heart of a woman; it was not that which moved the laughter of the Spanish slaver  it was either love, or something very like it, turned to actual hate, and the native power of her bosom for revenge seemed to be now the food upon which she sustained life itself. NO HE HAD NOT RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD THE QUADROON IT WAS NOT WOUNDED PRIDE THAT SENTIMENT SO EASILY HEALED ONCE BRUISED IN THE HEART OF A WOMAN IT WAS NOT THAT WHICH MOVED THE LAUGHTER OF THE SPANISH SAILOR IT WAS EITHER LOVE OR SOMETHING VERY LIKE IT TURNED INTO ACTUAL HATE AND THE NATIVE POWER OF HER BOSOM FOR REVENGE SEEMED TO BE NOW THE FOOD UPON WHICH SHE SUSTAINED LIFE ITSELF
anly business. Maud kept by herself. She felt miserable, and as is often the case, realized that the success of her treachery, thus far, which, in her anticipation, had promised so much, had but still more deeply shadowed her heart. The English officer looked upon her with mingled feelings of admiration for her strange beauty, with contempt for her treachery, and with a thought that she might be made perhaps the subject of his pleasure by a little management by-and-by. It was natural for a heart so vile as his to couple every circumstance and connection in some such selfish spirit with himself; it was like him. "Maud," he said to her, one day. "Well," she answered, lifting her handsome face from her hands, where she often hid it. "You have lost one lover?" The girl only answered by a flashing glance of contempt. "How would you like another?" "Who?" she said, sternly. "Me!" answered Captain Bramble. "You!" she said, contemptuously, and with so much expression as to end the conversation. HE ENGLISH OFFICER FOR THE PART HE PLAYED IN THE UNMANLY BUSINESS MAUD KEPT BY HERSELF SHE FELT MISERABLE AND AS IS OFTEN THE CASE REALIZED THAT THE SUCCESS OF HER TREACHERY THUS FAR WHICH IN HER ANTICIPATION HAD PROMISED SO MUCH HAD BUT STILL MORE DEEPLY SHADOWED HER HEART THE ENGLISH OFFICER LOOKED UPON HER WITH MINGLED FEELINGS OF ADMIRATION FOR HER STRANGE BEAUTY WITH CONTEMPT FOR HER TREACHERY AND WITH A THOUGHT THAT SHE MIGHT BE MADE PERHAPS THE SUBJECT OF HIS PLEASURE BY A LITTLE MANAGEMENT BY AND BY IT WAS NATURAL FOR A HEART SO VILE AS HIS TO COUPLE EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND CONNECTION IN SOME SUCH SELFISH SPIRIT WITH HIMSELF IT WAS LIKE HIM MAUD HE SAID TO HER ONE DAY WELL SHE ANSWERED LIFTING HER HANDSOME FACE FROM HER HANDS WHERE SHE OFTEN HID IT YOU HAVE LOST ONE LOVER THE GIRL ONLY ANSWERED BY A FLASHING GLANCE OF CONTEMPT HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER WHO SHE SAID STERNLY ME ANSWERED CAPTAIN BRAMBLE YOU SHE SAID CONTEMPTUOUSLY WITH SO MUCH EXPRESSION AS TO END THE CONVERSATION
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