”
The irrepressible smile curved Anna’s lips. To her mind, recalling the
picture of him the night before, there had been something tragic in the grim
silent manner of his tippling. 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. She turned her head away sharply. ”
“I know. ”
He paused, and went on, after a keen look at her:
“I had rather gossip to a really intelligent girl than to any man alive. Curiosity to see
what a sing-song girl was like took possession of Ruth's thoughts. E. “Hello, Vee!” he said. “Ann Veronica,” he said.
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