![]() ![]() I seemed to feel her arms about me-as if she drew me gently to her bosom and I felt again her lips on my forehead and my eyes. It seemed to me as if she stood before me, enveloping me in her personality as in the old days. Suddenly, as distinctly as if she had been there in the body, I felt the presence of Adeline Dalrymple. I turned into the Park and sat down on a bench, looking at this resplendence which was to me like a message-a symbol of my own strength and future lustre. My veins Avere filled with celestial ichor, not human blood and my mind saw what it brought-the infinity of glory because of that intensity of joy. For the moment I was as a god among gods. Peter's as you stand on the Pincio the gorgeous sunsets of Naples, with that burning bar drawn all across the horizon, stretching from Vesuvius to infinitude but I have never seen one to match the splendour of that sunset in London, on the evening of the day when I first achieved success. Since then I have watched with breathless emotion the opalescent skies of Venice the westering light which streams like visible prayer through the windows of St. ![]() ![]() I should have been stifled within the four walls of that house in Montague Place. to damp down the glad fever in my veins. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. ![]()
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