”
“And the man stands as the master at the mouth of the den. . We were expecting rather to find a male antagonist. ”
“She’ll meet somebody one of these days—walking about like that. "Altogether unsuccessful, Sir," said the chief turnkey, with a look of
disappointment, not unmixed with apprehension, as he approached Wild. ” That conversation ended and he turned to her again. No doubt he knew
enough of his world to recognise that he stood little chance against the word of a
major of militia. 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. Something is feeding upon them. Hobson was not
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amused by the situation, which handled wrongly, could
lose him his job. Crouching down, Gerald waited, hands at the ready. Ramage seemed always fencing about the forbidden topic, probing for
openings, and she wondered why she did not give him them. "
CHAPTER IV.
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