15/40 She was a Fairy, a Sylph, I don't know what she was--anything that no one ever saw, and everything that everybody ever wanted. I was swallowed up in an abyss of love in an instant. There was no pausing on the brink; no looking down, or looking back; I was gone, headlong, before I had sense to say a word to her. No; the confidential friend, Miss Murdstone! I don't think I was much astonished. To the best of my judgement, no capacity of astonishment was left in me. |