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"The cup is dashed to pieces at my feet, and the precious wine spilled!" How many, many, many times, each day, did he hear these words uttered, always in that sad, half-desponding voice that first brought them to his ears; and they kept hope in the future alive. The separation which had taken place Hendrickson regarded as one step in the right direction.
There was no occasion for delay; and, in gloomy and half-desponding mood, though still erect and unshrinking to the eye of the beholder, Ralph refused the privilege of a traverse, and instructed Pippin to go on with the case.
John, who sat in the smallest rocking-chair, toasting her feet on the hearth. "Now, Emma, isn't it strange that of all the evenings in the week Thursday should be the one so constantly stormy? This is the third one in succession that has been so unpleasant that very few could get out." This sentence was delivered in a half-impatient, half-desponding tone; and Mrs.
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