1. When she spoke, her lips twitched. " His demeanour was polished; his manners singularly affable and gentle; and he was remarkable, for the generosity of his temper. Lucy's ears were singing. “And what will Mr. Running to Gosse, she seized the portrait from his hand and lashed out, taking him off guard, so that he staggered back and fell against the card table. At that a new element poured into her excitement, an element of wild disgust and terror. ” “I suppose we ARE more free than we were?” said Ann Veronica, keeping the question general. " Good-natured fellows are always especial favourites with boys. "Rowland," said Lady Trafford, regarding him with a look of indescribable anxiety, "you have assured me that I shall behold my son. ” Brendon hesitated for a moment. What had she so nearly said? She had almost spoken a name—and quickly withdrawn it. Was not Gerald altogether on her side? He was, even though he played games like an imbecile, a person tout à fait sympathique as she had discovered at the outset. 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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