He rather liked the "sir"; it
signified both gratefulness and the chastened spirit. Anna took up the pen, and signed, after a moment’s
hesitation,
A. Casting a hasty glance at the old and ruinous prison belonging
to the liberty of the Bishop of Winchester (whose palace formerly adjoined the
river), called the Clink, which gave its name to the street, along which he
walked: and noticing, with some uneasiness, the melancholy manner in which
the wind whistled through its barred casements, the carpenter followed his
companion down an opening to the right, and presently arrived at the water-side. Upon my word—you are Miss Pellissier, aren’t you?”
“I certainly am,” she admitted. "See her I will. 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. I know who hits
hardest. Why don’t you make sure before you rush out like that
upon a stranger?”
“You were with my wife,” Hill repeated sullenly. Why not? Were not his own sentiments inclined in favour of the
patient? But fifty gold was fifty gold.
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