‘The place was full of barbers and military men. Melusine was silent, revolving this outcome in her mind as she stared at Roding, who was frowning at her in a puzzled way. The house was invisible from the road, and yet enormous once within view. . Spurling stood her negro attendant, Caliban; a hideous, misshapen, malicious monster, with broad hunched shoulders, a flat nose, and ears like those of a wild beast, a head too large for his body, and a body too long for his legs. His conscience never told him to go back and take his punishment; it tortured him only in regard to the deed itself. 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. And now YOU’RE on the war-path. The pause lengthened, and he had the satisfaction of seeing despair melt the set mockery of Spurlock's mouth.
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