Neither combatant could
use his sword; and in strength the fugitive was evidently superior to his
antagonist. When she finished her last cadence, Carolyn and
Thomas begged her to play encores. Here and there, patches of flesh adhered to the bones, and the dank
dripping hair hanging about what had once been the face, gave it a ghastly
appearance. It won’t even know whether to be scandalized at us or
forgiving. 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. Maggot lent her powerful aid, and, between the two, Jack
was speedily relieved from all fears of being carried off against his will. ’
‘Yes, Hilary, do stop hustling the girl,’ put in Miss Froxfield, much to
Melusine’s relief and approval. ‘Now,’ she said, in an imperious manner that so much reminded him of
Melusine that he was obliged to suppress a grin, ‘I can see you properly. "Jonathan Wild shall find it's not
easy to detain me. “I don’t think she will,” she said.
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