"I guessed as much. " CHAPTER XV. ” She finished her breakfast and strolled out across the garden with the letters still in her hand. ” “Well, he was presumptuous,” Annabel remarked, “and he wasn’t nice about it. ” Her first upward glance was one of terrified apprehension. . He turned. “I mean it. ’ He sighed. 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. ’ An expression of livid fury contorted the young man’s face and he thrust the coins back at the major. Anna stepped back at once with a little gasp of relief. She found herself trying on the baubles he brought home, placing the silver rings upon her slim fingers, knowing that he would take up her hand and kiss it. It was necessary to think, and think quickly. ’ She bit her lip and thought deeply.
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