And, as I have no ambition to be hurled headlong into one of those horrible holes, I shall leave town altogether in a few days.

And, Ormiston, I would strongly recommend you to follow my example." "Not I!" said Ormiston, in a tone of gloomy resolution.

"While La Masque stays, so will I." "And perhaps die of the plague in a week." "So be it! I don't fear the plague half as much as I do the thought of losing her!" Again Sir Norman stared.
"Oh, I see! It's a hopeless case! Faith, I begin to feel curious to see this enchantress, who has managed so effectually to turn your brain.
When did you see her last ?" "Yesterday," said Ormiston, with a deep sigh.

"And if she were made of granite, she could not be harder to me than she is!" "So she doesn't care about you, then ?" "Not she! She has a little Blenheim lapdog, that she loves a thousand times more than she ever will me!" "Then what an idiot you are, to keep haunting her like her shadow! Why don't you be a man, and tear out from your heart such a goddess ?" "Ah! that's easily said; but if you were in my place, you'd act exactly as I do." "I don't believe it.

It's not in me to go mad about anything with a masked face and a marble heart.