So his horrid stumbling footsteps led him down to the embankment, and the turbid waters closed that night over one more wasted life.
One year later Laline Armstrong, a widow but never a wife, was married very quietly to Lorin in the presence of his uncle and Mrs. Vandeleur. Clare Cavan was not present. She had not indeed been invited, but was consoled about that time by an offer of marriage from an elderly and wealthy stock-broker, which she at once accepted. Rumour has it that it has proved a miserable union, and that Clare's husband's jealousy is beyond parallel. But, at least, her toilettes are much admired.
As to Lorin and Laline, we may leave them with a quiet mind, sure that for them—
"Life will just hold out the proving both their powers, alone and blended;
And then, come next life quickly! This world's use will have been ended."
THE END.
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