‘And how is it that you have acquired this garb of a religieuse?’ he asked as she fitted the veil over her head. 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. ’ Sheer exasperation made Gerald release her as he broke into reluctant laughter. “I am too much in earnest,” he answered, “to be able to take this matter lightly. Cautioning the knight, if he valued his neck, to tread carefully, Jonathan then descended a steep flight of steps; and, having reached the bottom in safety, he pushed open a door, that swung back on its hinges as soon as it had admitted him; and, followed by Trenchard, entered the night-cellar. " "You don't inquire what brings Sir James Thornhill here?" said Austin. ’ Miss Froxfield regarded him in some interest. . Hill again—alive. "It is addressed to my mother," he added, as his eye glanced rapidly over it, "and by my father.
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