14/14 Oh that I could learn wisdom in time! I was in no ignorance as to her peculiar character. Duty, love, honor, humanity, all pointed to this." The longer Mr.Emerson's thoughts ran in this direction, the deeper grew his feeling of self-condemnation, and the more tenderly yearned his heart toward the young creature he had left alone with the enemies of their peace nestling in her bosom and filling it with passion and pain. After separating himself from his party, he drove back toward the hotel at a speed that soon put his horses into a foam.. |