Once Again (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Once Again A young man and a pretty girl madly in love. The adverb is correct. Love, like anger, is a brief madness. Love, when every question of prudance, of expediency, of consideration for the future, is flung recklessly to the winds, is a disastrous form of madness. Tho man is much madder than the girl, inasmuch as his passion is a thousandfold stronger than hers. She, indeed, pretty, fair, and foolish, without much character, has hitherto been uninfluenced by strong feeling of any kind. Her lover's fire has, however, kindled a certain amount of answering warmth in her breast, and he has succeeded in persuading her that life without him would not be worth living. She is weak; she is yielding; she has a little - only a little - touch of romance, and she is younger than her nineteen years warrant. She has always leaned on a stronger nature. Until she met, just one month ago, the rock which at present offers her its support, she had leaned upon her mother; but the breast of the stalwart young soldier seemed to suggest a more attractive shelter than the maternal bosom, and, resolutely shutting her eyes to any but the most agreeable and seductive thoughts of the future, Miss Dulcie proposed to herself to repose blissfully and continuously on the impassioned heart of Mr. Noel Trevor for the next five decades. The absolutely insuperable obstacle represented by the young gentleman's want of fortune added the necessary fuel to the flames. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.