Transcribed from the 1895 Jarrold and Sons edition by DavidPrice, . Many thanks to Norfolk andNorwich Millennium Library, UK, for kindly allowing their copy tobe used for this transcription.
“This is the condition of humanity; we areplaced as it were in an intellectual twilight where we discoverbut few things clearly, and yet we see enough to tempt us withthe hope of making better and morediscoveries.”—Bolingbroke.
J Ewing Ritchie
Author of ‘East Anglia’
Vol 2
London: Jarrold and Sons
Warwick Lane E.C.
1895
CHAPTER |
| PAGE |
XI. | THE STRUGGLES OF A SOUL | |
XII. | IN LOW COMPANY | |
XIII. | CONCERNING SAL | |
XIV. | AN ENCOUNTER | |
XV. | ELECTIONEERING | |
XVI. | ELECTIONEERING AGAIN | |
XVII. | QUIET TALKS | |
XVIII. | THE IRISH PRASTE | |
XIX. | WENTWORTH RETIRES | |
XX. | A STORM BREWING | |
XXI. | AN UNPLEASANT RENCONTRE |
There comes to us all a time when we seek something for theheart to rely on, to anchor to, when we see the hollowness of theworld, the deceitfulness of riches; how fleeting is all earthlypleasure,