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. There were dark rims under her eyes, soft now with unshed tears. ‘You do not say, “I am a gentleman born. "Good Lord!—cannibals?" "Aye. The first Step towards the Ladder. "With the help of his comrade, Jack Sheppard, the young rascal made a bold push to get out of the round-house, where my janizaries had lodged him, and would have succeeded too, if, by good luck,—for the devil never deserts so useful an agent as I am, Sir Rowland,—I hadn't arrived in time to prevent him. The looming face was 71 over her own once again, and arms as strong as iron bars held her down. Wood—and after him came his daughter. " "You were so," replied Mrs Sheppard; "and for that wicked deed you will one day be brought to the gallows yourself. Make up your mind as to the terms, and I'll engage to find the man. When he begins to notice things, I want you to trap his interest, to amuse him, keep his thoughts from reverting to his misfortunes. Is all your house on the same scale of magnificence as this, Annabel?” she asked, looking round.
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