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Ernest Linwood

CHAPTER XIV
20/26

Edith promised me some of her angelic harp music.

I come like Saul to have the evil spirit of discontent subdued by its divine influence." Richard was a favorite of Mrs.Linwood.Whether it was that by a woman's intuition she discovered the state of feeling existing between us, or whether it was his approaching departure, she was especially kind to him this evening; she expressed a more than usual interest in his future prospects.
"This is your last year in college," I heard her say to him.

"In a few months you will feel the dignity and responsibility of manhood.

You will come out from the seclusion of college life into the wide, wide world, and of its myriad paths, so intricate, yet so trodden, you must choose one.

You are looking forward now, eagerly, impatiently, but then you will pause and tremble.


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