” Lord, he was right! But softly now. Certain of my prey,
I can afford to wait for it. Couldn’t face me with what he’d done, the miserable blackguard. ”
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“Then I’ll wait for you. ”
“She does. "
"I feel bewildered," said Ruth. ’
Speeding down the two flights of stairs, Gerald mentally thanked God that it
was the practice of himself and Roding—in case of emergency, of which this
was a prime example—to stable their horses at the posting inns all the way to
London. He returned her
to her door at a decent hour, well before 10:00. Indeed I am! I would make this
country a collective monarchy, and all the girls and women in it should be the
Queen. Amidship there was also canvas, and like that over the wheel, drab and dirty. 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. It appears that he was an
unsuccessful admirer of the lady in question, and he admits that, under the
influence of drink, he broke into her rooms, and there made a determined
attempt at suicide. To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive
Foundation and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4
and the Foundation web page at http://www. Old Bedlam.
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