From that day I had always my pill boxes about with me, and the time had now come when I was to use them.
"It was nearer one than twelve, and a wild, bleak night, blowing hard and raining in torrents.

Dismal as it was outside, I was glad within--so glad that I could have shouted out from pure exultation.

If any of you gentlemen have ever pined for a thing, and longed for it during twenty long years, and then suddenly found it within your reach, you would understand my feelings.

I lit a cigar, and puffed at it to steady my nerves, but my hands were trembling, and my temples throbbing with excitement.

As I drove, I could see old John Ferrier and sweet Lucy looking at me out of the darkness and smiling at me, just as plain as I see you all in this room.