" Thames was about to follow, when he felt a gentle grasp upon his arm. But this was important. “None, I thank you,” he answered. ’ Melusine sank against the wall of the corridor, closing her eyes. They went to the gate and stopped there, gabbed with their men, and didn’t even dismount. He pulled on his pants, his yellow shirt with the ridiculous horse logo, his brown socks, and shoes. All these circumstances,—slight in themselves, but powerful in their effect,—touched the heart of the widowed carpenter, and added to his depression. If Miss Charvill should take it into her head to dash off on some foolish errand, go with her by all means. 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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