Part 33 (2/2)
”No.”
”Perhaps I was mistaken after all,” said Fernando thoughtfully. ”May be she don't care for him.”
Then Fernando sighed again and gazed into the smouldering fire. After several minutes more, he said:
”Sukey, she must be in love with him.”
”I thought so.”
Fernando sighed and remarked:
”She may have married some one else, though.”
”No, she ain't.”
”Have you heard of her?”
”I saw her!” Sukey declared.
”When?”
”When I was in Baltimore last winter.”
”Did you talk with her, Sukey?”
”No.”
”Then how did you know she was not married?”
”When I was in Baltimore last winter.”
”Did you talk with her, Sukey?”
”No.”
”Then how did you know she was not married?”
”I was in a store and overheard two women who knew her gossiping. One asked the other if Morgianna Lane was married yet. One said:
”'I thought she would marry the English lieutenant.'
”The other said:
”'No, not yet. I suppose they are waiting till the war is over.'
”'Has she no other lover?' asked the other. Then the other woman said she believed not, at least none ever came to see her.”
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