. She had been obliged to spend the night in that fateful bedchamber, the faithful Kimble—who had foraged at a nearby inn, bringing back a large pie and a jug of porter for his mistress—guarding the door outside. He trembled, not from any superstitious dread, but from an undefined sense of approaching danger. There was still the pity of understanding in Ruth's eyes. 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. When she came to herself, she found that her brother had quitted the room, leaving her to the care of a female attendant. A faint, delightfully humorous smile parted her lips. So far, however, was this submission from producing the desired effect, that it seemed only to lend additional fuel to her displeasure. Wild hasn't been to inquire after him to-day," observed Langley; "it's the first time he's missed doing so since the trial. And, turning at the touch, he perceived Sheppard's glance fixed meaningly upon him.
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