Stanley allowed his paper to drop a little, and scrutinized the
hats and brows of their three fellow-travellers. And he had good reason before long to congratulate
himself on his forbearance. Poor young
lady! She trembled too, and was unable to give her evidence. He further gave the name and address of the firm from whom
he purchased the revolver and cartridges, a member of which firm has since
corroborated his statement. Her state of mind would have seemed altogether discreditable to her
grandmother. I have work there. Here he was almost stunned by the deafening clamour
resounding on all sides. She thought that women were not made for the struggle and turmoil of life—
their place was the little world, the home; that their power lay not in votes but in
influence over men and in making the minds of their children fine and splendid. The blow had brought him back
to the realm of sober thought. ’
‘Of course she could not have known to whom they belonged. That did not sound like the
name the young man had offered in the tower of the water-clock. Her figure, though slight, had all the fulness of health; and her
complexion—still pale, but without its former sickly cast,—contrasted agreeably,
by its extreme fairness, with the dark brows and darker lashes that shaded eyes
which, if they had lost some of their original brilliancy, had gained infinitely
more in the soft and chastened lustre that replaced it. When I am leading a true life,
a pure and simple life free of all stimulants and excitements, I think—I think—
oh! with pellucid clearness; but if I so much as take a mouthful of meat—or
anything—the mirror is all blurred. "But your dreadful
projects will recoil on your own head. The attempt was
unsuccessful.
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