It dawned upon him that he had been abominably used by Ann Veronica. There was every indication that she fled the island in company with a dissolute rogue. ’ ‘Lucky indeed,’ answered Gerald, glancing at the pair again. What she said is true. CHAPTER II. “I am sure you will marry Nigel sooner or later, and then all your work will be thrown away. What had shifted his casual interest was the visible prospect of a party of three who were coming down the packet gangplank. The latter took from his pocket a small note-book and pencil. 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. Like a thorough-bred racer, he would sustain twice as much fatigue as a person of heavier mould. The eldest, Constance, was lost, by the carelessness of a servant, during her infancy, and has never since been heard of: the youngest, Aliva, is the present Lady Trafford. She was nearly dead. Well, it had to happen somewhen.
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