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. For fully five minutes he lay quite motionless. "The warrant for his execution is arrived. She raised this with the air of a conspirator unmasking, and displayed a tear-flushed face. Sheppard superior to her station. Advancing to the middle of the chamber, he halted, drew himself up, and fixed his dark, expressive eyes, on Thames Darrell. As the wedding neared, she bought some finer things: a veal roast for supper, a single pearl for the dowry. If she’s over, he probably knows all about it. "This," replied Jonathan, taking a paper from a portfolio, and handing it to the knight, "this written evidence, signed by Martha Cooper, the gipsy, by whom the girl was stolen, and who was afterwards executed for a similar crime. Not only that, but he is here in London. But, answer me. She saw me, and, Lady Ferringhall, I shall never forget her look as long as I live.
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