The girl only smiled at him
serenely, but she laid her hand for a moment quietly upon his. ”
True summer descended like a sticky fever upon
August’s arrival, bringing with it miasmas of humidity that
seemed to hang from the trees like mucus. Even two Cabinet Ministers took to their heels, grinning insincerely. “If you come a step nearer to me,” she said, “I will smash
every glass on this table. 1. As far as I recollect, there were
two. EPOCH THE SECOND. ‘Looks like it. 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. As soon as
he became convalescent, and all fears of his premature dissolution were at an
end, Wild recommenced his rigorous treatment. Though, to be
fair, he did not know of it until after the wedding. Earles scratched his chin for a moment thoughtfully. The evenings were beginning to draw
out, and it would not be dark for an hour. "My heart," rejoined Thames, firmly; "which now tells me I am in the presence
of his murderer.
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