Mr. ‘Would you care for some refreshment? A glass of wine, perhaps?’
‘Nothing, merci, I do not remain,’ she answered, although she did not rise. 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. She had gained
respect all about town with news of her fine marriage,
and her reputation as a beauty was expanding. I hope I haven't given any unintentional offence?" said
the widow, again meekly appealing to Wood.
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