* * * * * During Alan 's next three visits to Four Winds he saw nothing of Lynde , either in the house or out of it . This surprised and worried him . There was no apparent difference in Captain Anthony , who continued to be suave and friendly . Alan always enjoyed his conversations with the Captain , who was witty , incisive , and pungent ; yet he disliked the man himself more at every visit . If he had been compelled to define his impression , he would have said the Captain was a charming scoundrel . But it occurred to him that Emily was disturbed about something . Sometimes he caught her glance , full of perplexity and -- it almost seemed -- distrust . She looked as if she felt hostile towards him . But Alan dismissed the idea as absurd . She had been friendly from the first and he had done nothing to excite her disapproval . Lynde 's mysterious absence was a far more perplexing problem . She had not gone away , for when Alan asked the Captain concerning her , he responded indifferently that she was out walking . Alan caught a glint of amusement in the older man 's eyes as he spoke . He could have sworn it was malicious amusement . One evening he went to Four Winds around the shore . As he turned the headland of the cove , he saw Lynde and her dogs not a hundred feet away . The moment she saw him she darted up the bank and disappeared among the firs . Alan was thunderstruck . There was no room for doubt that she meant to avoid him . He walked up to the house in a tumult of mingled feelings which he did not even then understand .
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