The last appeal had been made, and, though in vain, young Wodrow did not regret that he had made it, but he feared that Ellinor might be following a shadow and missing the substance. So true it is that 'the golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; that angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.'
CHAPTER XIV.
GRETCHEN AND FAUST.
'And you have quarrelled with poor Robert?' said Mary, somewhat reproachfully, to her sister.
'Nay—not quarrelled, exactly,' replied Ellinor.
'What, then?'
'Agreed to part.'
'After—all; oh, Ellinor!'
'All what?'
'Well, you know what I mean.'