She was herself conscious of a recklessness of spirits almost hysterical. I shall count it a privilege. It came to Spurlock suddenly that if something did not react in his favour inside of five minutes, he was done. 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. The call of youth to youth, and we name it love for want of something better: a glamorous, evanescent thing "like snow upon the desert's dusty face, lighting a little hour or two, was gone. Miss Ellicot pursed her lips and sat a little more upright. But if I were dying of thirst, in a desert, I would not accept a cup of water at her hands. I do not wish to return to Paris. "Thank you, sir," said Spurlock, holding out his hand. Anna’s face was half turned from him, but her expression, and the tone of her monosyllable puzzled him.
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