She was fiercely and bitterly jealous. And a custom had grown up of a general tea at four o’clock, under the auspices of a Miss Garvice, a tall and graceful girl of distinguished intellectual incompetence, in whom the hostess instinct seemed to be abnormally developed. 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. Sheppard," rejoined Winifred, controlling her emotion, and speaking as cheerfully as she could; "I would do anything in the world for you, and so would my father, and so would Thames; but he ought, for he's your nephew, you know. . You have to come over to my house. “I knew I should have died!” She went fast into a state of shock. In reply to this summons a horn was instantly blown at the corner of the street. It was Sunday evening—a soft delicious evening, and, from the happy, cheerful look of the house, none would have dreamed of the dismal tragedy so lately acted within its walls. “Hi. Phillips Oppenheim Release Date: September 11, 2008 [EBook #26596] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANNA THE ADVENTURESS *** Produced by D. A slight cough uttered by Jonathan at the moment awakened the echoes of the place, and was returned in hollow reverberations.
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