He was vaguely uneasy; he knew not what about. For a time he and Miss Klegg contradicted one another. At no time did she feel bodily or mental fatigue. But for the next few days he avoided Cheveney like the plague. But he might have broken out of prison, and yet not got over the wall of Clerkenwell Bridewell. He displayed none of the airy optimism of their previous talk over the downland gate. After all, it is not long since that a Catholic nun in this country would have had to remain in hiding. The pursuit of pleasure, selfgratification, is an original instinct with her. In the end, resolution triumphed, as it was sure to do, over the weaker emotions, and he laughed at his fears. 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. " "I will conduct you to the outlet," replied Jack; "but I cannot leave it till I have ascertained whether my mother also is a prisoner here.
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