Three times she escaped. “Fine. His attitude toward her was purely intellectual, free of any sentimentality, utterly selfish. . ” Chapter XXV THE STEEL EDGE OF THE TRUTH The manservant, with his plain black clothes and black tie, had entered the room with a deferential little gesture. "Continue the proceedings. I came to London to look for you, and somehow the figure I saw in my dreams had got mixed up with you. “That young man was giving a luncheon party to a dozen friends at the Café de Paris to-day. I might forgive him that, for he obviously taught her a good deal that she has found useful. But you! Ruth is your lawful wife. You won't refuse me, I'm sure; so no more need be said about the matter. I wonder,” he added, after a moment’s pause, “whether you ever realize how young you are. “Have some more port wine, sir?” “It’s a very sound wine,” said Mr. 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. Lucy heard a stir, but if Dawn Plote were to arise and come into the room, it could only mean two murders tonight.
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