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He
would pick a random member of the ever-shifting
household for the sake of example. John sat with his parents who arrived bubbling
with excitement, bragging to everyone about Lucy’s first
performance for them exclusively. I must not let you go again. "
"It may be; but if it shortens the distance and lightens the journey, I care not,"
retorted the widow, who seemed by this reproach to be roused into sudden
eloquence. It has been said, that the pier of each
arch, or lock of Old London Bridge, was defended from the force of the tide by a
huge projecting spur called a starling. 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. He
was tall, nearly six feet, and from his stature it was clear
that he spent some spare time working on his physique. He seemed safe from
the sickness, having been surrounded by the dying, he
had witnessed the carnage up close and yet his health still
prevailed. ‘That is why I have come to England, you understand. ‘But I’ve known
that for years. It’s all nonsense. Ramage, I came here—I didn’t suppose for one moment you would dare
—”
“Nonsense! That is your mistake! You are too intellectual. I never forgive an injury.
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