" "I shouldn't mind ridding him of her," said Blueskin, gruffly; "and if she comes in my way, may the devil seize me if I don't make short work with her!" "You forget," rejoined Jack, sternly, "I've just said I'll have no violence—mind that. 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. Her situation was perplexing her very much, and the Widgett atmosphere was lax and sympathetic, and provocative of discussion. She was beauty, the key of magic, the teacher of spells, the predictor of wars, and the gate of the future. The lips of the mask twisted upward into a smile. “A man who does not touch his wife, who ignores his wife, what kind of man is he? I am not sick any more. As I hope for mercy, I speak the truth!— let him deny it if he can. Both ladies were on easy and friendly terms with all that was best in Morningside Park society; they had an afternoon once a month that was quite well attended, they sometimes gave musical evenings, they dined out and gave a finish to people’s dinners, they had a full-sized croquet lawn and tennis beyond, and understood the art of bringing people together. Her whole conduct and tone had been modest and ladylike. She could not go to him when it was apparent that he needed her beyond all other instances! What had caused this agony did not matter—then. A pity, en effet, that she dare not truly desire him to rescue her. She made noises between weeping and laughter as she went. Making her couch upon a heap of hay, she sank at once into a deep and refreshing slumber.
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