aflight

Updated: May 1, 2025

Some difficulty first, but not too much; the struggle that leads to the prize! As he softly let himself in at the side door of the Tower, and mounted to his new room, his whole nature was like a fiercely sped arrow, aflight for its goal. Of what obstacles might lie between him and his goal he had ceased to take account. Compunctions had disappeared.

Mrs. Humphry Ward - The Mating of Lydia