Should we chance to meet in society, we would be two parallel lines, never uniting, however near we might approach.
Besides, he is a number of years older than myself." "I suppose you call him old Mr.Linwood," said I, laughing.
We had now entered the gate, and met Mrs.Linwood and Edith walking in the avenue, if Edith could be said to walk, borne on as she was by her softly falling crutches.

She looked so exceedingly lovely, I wondered that Richard did not burst forth in expressions of irrepressible admiration.

I was never weary of gazing on her beauty.

Even after an absence of a few hours, it dawned upon me with new lustre, like that of the rising day.

I wondered that any one ever looked at any one else in her presence.