Her complexion was wan and faded, except where it was tinged by a slight hectic flush, that made the want of colour more palpable; her eyes were large and black, but heavy and lustreless; her cheeks sunken; her frame emaciated; her dark hair thickly scattered with gray. The latter looked very pale, either from the effect of his wound, which was not yet entirely healed, or from suppressed emotion,—partly, perhaps, from both causes,—and wore his left arm in a sling. " "And now you are back in the world again, with things to do and places to go. Well, kill me. The Palazzo was unlike anything she had ever known. They decided quite audibly, “She’s an Old Dear, anyhow. " "Ah," said Spurlock; "that kind of a man. For was not Gerald a gentleman? An Englishman, whose services any female—excluding her own self so idiote— would be very happy to have. ” Annabel laughed gaily. Sheppard, anxiously. Both of them would be committing novel and unforgettable acts. During the previous night he had been restless; and in the lonely dragging hours his thoughts had raced in an endless circle—action without progress. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be acquainted. Now the baby’s bright May eyes peered up at her intently.
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