He seems to think that the danger--whatever it may be--becomes more imminent every year.

Oh, John, it is terrible to be waiting like this with a sword over our heads--and all the more terrible to me since I have no idea where the blow is to come from." "Dear Gabriel," I said, taking her hand and drawing her to my side, "look over all this pleasant countryside and the broad blue sea.

Is it not all peaceful and beautiful?
In these cottages, with their red-tiled roofs peeping out from the grey moor, there live none but simple, God-fearing men, who toil hard at their crafts and bear enmity to no man.

Within seven miles of us is a large town, with every civilised appliance for the preservation of order.

Ten miles farther there is a garrison quartered, and a telegram would at any time bring down a company of soldiers.