"
"God forbid!" exclaimed Wood, fervently; and, as if afraid of prolonging the
interview, he added, with some precipitation, "But I must be going: I've stayed
here too long already. In the subdued light she could not tell
whether he was asleep or awake. At a little distance
from the party, sat a tall, sinister-looking personage, with harsh inflexible
features, a gaunt but muscular frame, and large bony hands. Meanwhile, Mr. ‘Have no fear,’ he uttered soothingly, reaching out to pat her free hand. Even the horns were easing into the concept
and the woodwinds in the second movement were
particularly well-orchestrated. "
"Ah!" ejaculated the widow, hiding her face. ’
Which effectually silenced her. . 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.
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