‘You’ve found her out?’ ‘Tell us at once,’ urged Miss Froxfield. What is it you’re after? Money, I suppose. And yet, she would be easy prey in her present state of mind to any plausible, attractive scoundrel. Dare we look back upon the darkened vista, and, in imagination retrace the path we have trod? With how many vain hopes is it shaded! with how many good resolutions, never fulfilled, is it paved! Where are the dreams of ambition in which, twelve years ago, we indulged? Where are the aspirations that fired us—the passions that consumed us then? Has our success in life been commensurate with our own desires—with the anticipations formed of us by others? Or, are we not blighted in heart, as in ambition? Has not the loved one been estranged by doubt, or snatched from us by the cold hand of death? Is not the goal, towards which we pressed, further off than ever—the prospect before us cheerless as the blank behind?—Enough of this. ‘You would read my mind?’ Gerald was pretty certain he already had, but he did not say so. Even there a woman never gets a fair chance. ‘Is she the Frenchie we’ve been watching for then, sir?’ The lady’s furious features turned on this new target. ” “You are at least aware,” he said, “that you have on several recent occasions acted in direct opposition to my wishes. Wood; "I can't for an instant question such distinterested testimony. Martha had the square look of solid English citizenry, which was not deceiving. "You don't eat," continued Kneebone, addressing Jack, who had remained for some time thoughtful, and pre-occupied with his head upon his hand. ’ Gerald could not suppress a grin.
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