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The Guilty River

CHAPTER VI
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It was he beyond all doubt who had frightened the dog, forewarned by instinct of his appearance.
What I had read of his writing disposed me, now that I saw the man by daylight, to find something devilish in the expression of his face.

No! strong as it was, my prejudice failed to make any discoveries that presented him at a disadvantage.

His personal attractions triumphed in the clear searching light.

I now perceived that his eyes were of that deeply dark blue, which is commonly and falsely described as resembling the color of the violet.

To my thinking, they were so entirely beautiful that they had no right to be in a man's face.


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