In the Carquinez Woods by Bret Harte
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page 122 of 144 (84%)
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"Where were you yesterday?" he asked. Nellie looked at him, shrugged her shoulders, and said, "Here." "You were in the Carquinez Woods with Low Dorman; you went there in disguise; you've met him there before. He is your clandestine lover; you have taken pledges of affection from him; you have--" "Stop!" she said. He stopped. "Did he tell you this?" she asked, with an expression of disdain. "No; I overheard it. Dunn and Brace were at the house waiting for you. When the coach did not bring you, I went to the office to inquire. As I left our door I thought I saw somebody listening at the parlor windows. It was only a drunken Mexican muleteer leaning against the house; but if HE heard nothing, I did. Nellie, I heard Brace tell Dunn that he had tracked you in your disguise to the woods--do you hear? that when you pretended to be here with the girls you were with Low--alone; that you wear a ring that Low got of a trader here; that there was a cabin in the woods--" "Stop!" she repeated. Wynn again paused. "And what did YOU do?" she asked. |
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