’ ‘Why not?’ Gerald asked straightly. ’ Much to Melusine’s chagrin, Gerald folded his arms and leaned back, as if wholly at his ease. "My name is Ruth Enschede. “Ferringhall, were you or were you not dining last night at a certain restaurant in the Boulevard des Italiennes with—la petite Pellissier?” Now indeed Sir John was moved. It was plain that a man of his age could only be interested for one reason alone, yet she felt compelled to at know him a little before the main event. This is where my character, Lucia, is coming from. 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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