He had, as he believed, found the woman that he really wanted, who was worthy of his love, and now, having fixed his heart upon her, he longed for her with an amazing longing.

He had spoken the simple truth when he declared that life had become indifferent to him without her.

No man in England could be less likely to throw himself off the Monument or to blow out his brains.

But he felt numbed in all the joints of his mind by this sorrow.

He could not make one thing bear upon another, so as to console himself after any fashion.