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The Twenty-first Of October
AmongTHEMtheNamewasadailyfamiliarword;hisstorywasapartofthemusictowhichtheyswung,himselfwastheirfellowandtheirmateandcomrade.Sotheypeeped,andwinked,andpeepedagain,andcalledtotheirlaggardbrotherstocomequickandsee.
“Thebestoflifeisbutintoxication;”andSelina,whoduringherbriefinebriationhadlivedinanecstasyasgoldenasourdrabexistenceaffords,hadtoexperiencetheinevitablebitternessofawakeningsobriety,whenthedyingdownoftheflamesintosullenemberscoincidedwiththefrenziedentranceofAuntElizaonthescene.Itwasnotsomuchthatshewasatonceandforeverdisrated,broke,sentbeforethemast,andbrandedasoneonwhomnoreliancecouldbeplaced,evenwithEdwardsafeatschool,andmyselfunderthedistantvigilanceofanaunt;thatherpocketmoneywasstoppedindefinitely,andhernewChurchService,theprideofherlastbirthday,removedfromherowncustodyandplacedunderthecontrolofaTrust.ShesorrowedratherbecauseshehaddraggedpoorHarold,againsthisbetterjudgment,intoamosthorriblescrape,andmoreoverbecause,whenthereactionhadfairlysetin,whentheexaltationhadfizzledawayandtheyoung-ladyportionofherhadcrepttimorouslybacktoitswontedlodging,shecouldonlyseeherselfasaplainfool,unjustified,undeniable,withoutashadowofanexcuseorexplanation.
AsforHarold,youthandashortmemorymadehiscaselesspitifulthanitseemedtohismoresensitivesister
