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CHAPTER IV THE TRYST IN THE FOREST In the shadowy glades of the
forest there was a great silence. True, there was to be heard the
sleepy twitter of the birds, the low hum of insect-life, the quiet
dropping of a withered leaf upon the mossy ground, but these
subdued sounds seemed but to intensify rather than to break the
stillness. Upon all around it would appear there had fallen the
hush of the Sabbath afternoon. Even the distant murmur of a
rippling stream fell upon the ear like a mere dream of music, while
the stately trees, entering into the spirit of the hour, bent their
proud heads in majestic acknowledgment of the greeting of the
autumn wind, and held counsel with each other in whispers. Under
the wide-spreading branches of a great chestnut sat Azerole
Montoux. In an attitude of utter listlessness, her dark eyes gazing
moodily in front of her, she waited immovable as a statue. The
minutes passed, but at last her listening ears caught the sound of
coming footsteps, and, springing to her feet, she stood expectant.
A few moments more and her face lighted up at sight of her brother,
who, pushing the brushwood aside, made his way to her through a
thicket of saplings and undergrowth. " Le'on, L6on " she cried,
holding out both her hands. "I feared something had hindered you,
and that you were not coming to the tryst to-day." " If Michel
Roussier had his way, vraiment, something should always hinder. His
ingenuity in that line is little short of genius." Apparently
Azerole had not heard. She did not ask what the delay had been,
stranger still, she failed to notice the shadow on her brother's
brow. Wearily she sat down again, and, drawing him down beside her,
let her head fall on his shoulder with a long sigh, half of
contentment half of pain. For a few minutes ...
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