I saw it this morning in the
Daily Journal—an advertisement, offering a reward—"
"A reward!" echoed Jack. 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. ‘What in God’s
name do you think you’re playing at?’
‘Let me alone, man,’ Gerald muttered under his breath. ‘Well, water
under the bridge is that, miss. He stopped abruptly. ‘It is the life I know. ”
“Heavens!” the lady exclaimed. The bed-and table-linen were of the finest
texture. Out of an old
family album: here was the very comparison that had eluded him. The vast ironic humour of it: he was starting on his honeymoon!
CHAPTER XIX
Meanwhile the doctor, upon returning to his office, found Ah Cum in the waiting
room. Lord, but it was a nun! Just as he had suspected. “I was glad you did not send it back again,” he said.
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