” Lucy commented. " "You may see the marks on the child yourself, if you choose, Sir," urged the widow. Something forbade him to draw her toward him and seal the compact with a kiss. She rose at once with a little exclamation, half of surprise, half of pleasure. "I am," replied Jonathan, following him, "and so," he added in an undertone, "are your captors. All I had to do was to piece them together. Pausing at each door on the landing, Jack placed his ear to the keyhole, and listened intently. A row of magnificent, and even then venerable, elms threw their broad arms over this pleasant spot. “I wonder if many people HAVE thought things out? “Are we all just seizing hold of phrases and obeying moods? “It wasn’t so with old-fashioned people, they knew right from wrong; they had a clear-cut, religious faith that seemed to explain everything and give a rule for everything. 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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