The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 4
George Meredith · English
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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 4
George Meredith · English
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CHAPTER XXIX Although it blew hard when Caesar crossed the Rubicon, the passage of that river is commonly calm; calm as Acheron. So long as he gets his fare, the ferryman does not need to be told whom he carries: he pulls with a will, and heroes may be over in half-an-hour. Only when they stand on the opposite bank, do they see what a leap they have taken. The shores they have relinquished shrink to an infinite remoteness. There they have dreamed: here they must act. There lie yout
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