Gerald, whose French was adequate from his military service abroad, was able
to respond suitably to such remarks as the ladies addressed to him, but was less
exercised by their fashionable dress than their decidedly careworn appearance. The Return
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\"Wow. Her father had determined on a new line. ” She controlled a sob. ”
“Then I,” she said, “have too much character. It seems only yesterday that she was running
down the Avenue, all hair and legs. "Because you did not wish to hurt me?"
"Yes. 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. But if I painted her as I'd like to, the natives would instantly
distrust me; and I'd have to build up confidence all over again. ’
‘Parbleu,’ exclaimed the girl, jumping up in some dudgeon. ”
“Not yet.
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