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Poor, untutored, uncivilized child of nature! she was very, very unhappy now. POOR UNTUTORED UNCIVILIZED CHILD OF NATURE SHE WAS VERY VERY UNHAPPY NOW
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. 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. Taking her lonely place in the cabin, after the conversation just referred to, she again hid her face in her hands, and remained with her head bowed in her lap for a long, long while, half dreaming, half waking. D 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 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 TAKING HER LONELY PLACE IN THE CABIN AFTER THE CONVERSATION JUST REFERRED TO SHE AGAIN HID HER FACE IN HER HANDS AND REMAINED WITH HER HEAD BOWED IN HER LAP FOR A LONG LONG WHILE HALF DREAMING HALF WAKING
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