“I wondered. There was something indeed holding the
whole species back from the imaginable largeness of life. Be warned by your father's
fate. “Never heard anything of it. ‘Neither do I,’ he responded, frowning, ‘but for Gerald’s sake, I’ll do anything
I can. Marry me. “You heard no pistol-shot?”
“None. "I could," replied Thames. The ripple of the water against the boat, as its keel cleaves
through the stream—the darkling current hurrying by—the indistinctly-seen
craft, of all forms and all sizes, hovering around, and making their way in ghostlike silence, or warning each other of their approach by cries, that, heard from
afar, have something doleful in their note—the solemn shadows cast by the
bridges—the deeper gloom of the echoing arches—the lights glimmering from
the banks—the red reflection thrown upon the waves by a fire kindled on some
stationary barge—the tall and fantastic shapes of the houses, as discerned
through the obscurity;—these, and other sights and sounds of the same character,
give a sombre colour to the thoughts of one who may choose to indulge in
meditation at such a time and in such a place. She was no longer certain that she desired an Englishman, if she must judge of
one in particular. "But to drag this innocent child into the muck! With her head full of
book nonsense—love stories and fairy stories! Have you any idea of the tragedy
she is bound to stumble upon some day? I don't care about you. He laid her on their old bed and kissed her from
head to toe. The image in the glass was not clear, for the light was not bright enough to see
properly, but the shadows of her riding habit and the hat with its waving plumes
framed a countenance that gazed serenely back at her out of long-lashed blue
eyes.
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