Again the query began to revolve through his mind whether the impediments were really insurmountable.

There floated before him a vision of that enchanting room, where the whole of life seemed to be composed of beauty and gracefulness, music and flowers.
But a shadow of Fitzgerald fell across it, and the recollection of Boston relatives rose up like an iceberg between him and fairy-land.
A letter informing him of his mother's increasing illness excited a feeling of remorse that new acquaintances had temporarily nearly driven her from his thoughts.

He resolved to depart that evening; but the desire to see Rosabella again could not be suppressed.

Failing to find Mr.Royal at his counting-room or his hotel, he proceeded to his suburban residence.

When Tulipa informed him that "massa" had not returned from the city, he inquired for the young ladies, and was again shown into that parlor every feature of which was so indelibly impressed upon his memory.