‘He arst me to find him someone who
might go with you. ”
He stood before the door. He had scarcely entered the arch, when the
indraught was so violent, and the noise of the wind so dreadful and astounding,
that he almost determined to relinquish the undertaking. “I suppose Paris is very, very distracting. She was her mother’s
child, fair of face, doted upon and spoiled by her
attentions. As she approached, the carpenter's wife eyed
her from head to foot, in the hope of finding something in her person or apparel
to quarrel with. “I’m d——d if I understand this,” he said thoughtfully. 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. ”
“You think that you can do that?”
“I am sure of it,” he answered, confidently. I had two offers of marriage from men
I liked very much indeed, but it never occurred to me to listen to either of them. . I
shall not let you go till I am quite sure.
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