The gun flew from his hand, clacking on the floor. "
"Good news will be news to me. "
"Never fear," replied the lady. It wasn’t clear to
me that I had to explain. Adieu! my
charmer. They came from every part, from the pit,
the circle and the gallery, even from the stalls. “There ought to be some means of getting at him,” he said. Hastening along the passage he came to the sixth door. 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. "
"True, and I shan't be easy till my turn arrives. And the
infernal thought of that kiss returned—the softness of her lips and the cool
smoothness of her cheeks. “A claim,” he continued, “which I am quite prepared to recognize. “I remember hearing
something about it. We are the species, and maternity is our game; that’s all
right, but nobody wants that admitted for fear we should all catch fire, and set
about fulfilling the purpose of our beings without waiting for further
explanations.
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