Still with Mr. Hastings's presence as a check, he
would try."
So it was arranged that in Dunwood, where Mr. Hastings's return
was still unknown, Uncle Nat should pass as a _Mr. Hamilton_,
whom Mr. Hastings had picked up in his travels. Four years of his
earlier life had been spent in South America, and whenever he
spoke of any particular place of abode it was to be of _Buenos
Ayres_, where he had once resided. By this means he could the
more easily learn for himself the character and disposition of his
relatives, and feeling now more eager than ever to meet them, he
here started with Mr. Hastings for Dunwood. It was morning when
they reached there, and with a dark, lowering brow, he looked
curiously at the house which his companion designated as _Locust
Grove_. It was a pleasant spot, and it seemed almost impossible
that it should be the home of a woman as artful and designing as
Eugenia. About it now, however, there was an air of desertion. The
doors were shut and the blinds closed, as if the inmates were
absent.
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