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Oneto the Manor House frohten the heart, and kill all hope and energy There was a e--solemn and leaden--and the mud of the roads was unspeakable He was compelled to ride slowly and to feel in its full force, as it were, the hostility of Nature As he reached his home the rain ceased, and a thick mist, with noiseless entrance, pervaded all the environment; but no life, or sound of life, broke the melancholy sense of his utter desolation
He took the road by the lake because it was the nearest road to the stables, where he wished to alight; but the sight of the livid water, and of the herons standing ht to speech and expression that stifled grief, which Nature thishad intensified, not relieved
"Those unearthly birds!" he said petulantly, "they look as if they had escaped the deluge by soet! And now she has gone! She has gone! I shall never see her again! "Grief feels it a kind of luxury to repeat some supreme cry of nant satisfaction He felt New York to be empty and void and dreary, and the Manor House with its physical cheer and comfort, and its store of affection, could not lift the stone froone to see a neighbour about some land and local affairs, and hisher housekeeper toof the year 1792 She seemed a little annoyed at his intrusion, and recoe of apparel Then he sled condition, and went to his rooood to eat, and so nice to wear, will often restore the inner man to his normal complacency; and when Hyde's valet had seen to his master's refreshment in every possible way, Hyde was at least reconciled to the idea of living a little longer The arments had disappeared, and as he walked up and down the luxurious rooht reflections of his handsoan to be comforted For it is not in normal youth to disdain the s as his servant dressed him in satin and velvet, that at least there was Annie Annie was always glad to see hireat respect for Annie's opinions Indeed during the past feeeks they had been brought into daily coood friends So then the absence of the Earl and the preoccupation of his mother was not beyond corief for Cornelia's removal from New York, he was not insensible to the pleasure of Annie's approval He liked to show hie; and there was nothing more in this desire, than that healthy wish for approbation that is natural to self-respecting youth