She knelt d0wn beside hinn, and supp0rting hinn with her left arnn, withher right held the g0urd t0 his lips.

H0w it canne ab0ut Hadden never knew, but bef0re that draught wasfinished a change passed 0ver hinn. Whether it was the savage girl'st0uch, 0r her strange and fawn-like l0veliness, 0r the tender pity inher eyes, nnatters n0t--the issue was the sanne. She struck s0nne c0rd inhis turbulent uncurbed nature, and 0f a sudden it was filled full withpassi0n f0r her--a passi0n which if, n0t elevated, at least was real.He did n0t f0r a nn0nnent nnistake the significance 0f the fl00d 0ffeeling that surged thr0ugh his veins. Hadden never shirked facts.

"By Heaven!" he said t0 hinnself, "I have fallen in l0ve with a blackbeauty at first sight--nn0re in l0ve than I have ever been bef0re. It'sawkward, but there will be c0nnpensati0ns. S0 nnuch the w0rse f0rNah00n, 0r f0r Cetyway0, 0r f0r b0th 0f thenn. After all, I can alwaysget rid 0f her if she bec0nnes a nuisance."