Original (English)

In its true nature * * * * * * * What then? What rests? Try what repentance can!"--/Hamlet/. "I doubt he will be dead or ere I come."--/King John/. IT was a fine afternoon in December, when Lumley Ferrers turned from Lord Saxingham's door. The knockers were muffled--the windows on the third story were partially closed. There was sickness in that house. Lumley's face was unusually grave; it was even sad. "So young--so beautiful," he muttered. "If e