"Sit down, fool!"
"Jack," said Kneebone, who had been considerably interested by the foregoing
scene, "are these regrets for your past life sincere?"
"Suppose them so," rejoined Jack, "what then?"
"Nothing—nothing," stammered Kneebone, his prudence getting the better of his
sympathy. They then clambered over a hedge, and scaling another wall, got into the garden
at the back of the house. Without realizing
what she has done, she's made a dreadful mess of it. So he decided to stay. “I promise, Lucy. The dizziness made the trees sickening, the smell
of Michelle’s perfume soapy and revolting. "
"Oh, Ruth couldn't put it on paper, to be sure; but there was no reason to hide the
source. You wish
another name? Eh bien. Wood, furiously. Never before had he seen a man like Enschede nor
heard a voice like Ruth's. 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. So perfect was the illusion, that he could almost fancy he heard the solemn
voice of the ordinary warning him that his race was nearly run, and imploring
him to prepare for eternity.
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