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CHAPTER XII. A FAMILY JAR.
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And so the great secret was out, and Robert walked home with his head in a whirl, and the blood tingling1 in his veins2. He had shivered as he came up at the damp cold of the wind and the sight of the mist-mottled landscape. That was all gone now. His own thoughts tinged3 everything with sunshine, and he felt inclined to sing and dance as he walked down the muddy, deeply-rutted country lane. Wonderful had been the fate allotted4 to Raffles5 Haw, but surely hardly less important that which had come upon himself. He was the sharer of the alchemist's secret, and the heir to an inheritance which combined a wealth greater than that of monarchs6, to a freedom such as monarchs cannot enjoy. This was a destiny indeed! A thousand gold-tinted visions of his future life rose up before him, and in fancy he already sat high above the human race, with prostrate8 thousands imploring9 his aid, or thanking him for his benevolence10.
How sordid11 seemed the untidy garden, with its scrappy bushes and gaunt elm trees! How mean the plain brick front, with the green wooden porch! It had always offended his artistic12 sense, but now it was obtrusive13 in its ugliness. The plain room, too, with the American leather chairs, the dull-coloured carpet, and the
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君主,帝王( monarch的名词复数 ) | |
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