Reluctantly Clarence obeyed; in the fall he left New York, and during the cold months wandered through the West India islands. For a while his health improved, but when the novelty produced by change of scene began to decline he grew worse again, and brooded more eharmony dating deeply than ever over his bitter disappointment, and consequently derived eharmony dating but little benefit from the change; the spirit was eharmony dating too
much broken for the body to mend—eharmony dating his heart was too sore to beat healthily or happily.
He wrote often now to Emily and her husband, and seemed desirous to atone for his past neglect. Emily had written to him first; she had eharmony dating learned of his disappointment, and gave him a sister's sympathy in his loneliness and sorrow.
The chilly month of March had scarcely passed away when they received a letter from him informing them of his intention to return. He wrote, "I am no eharmony dating better, and my physician says that a longer residence here will not benefit me in the least—that I came too late. I cough, cough, cough, incessantly, and each day become more feeble. I am coming home, Emmy; coming eharmony dating home, I fear, to die. I eharmony dating am but a ghost of my former self. I
write you this that you may not be alarmed eharmony dating when you see me. It is too late now to repine, but, eharmony dating oh! Em, if my eharmony dating lot had only been cast with yours—had we never been separated—I eharmony dating might have been to-day as happy eharmony dating as eharmony dating you are."
It was a clear bright morning when Charlie stepped into a
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boat to be conveyed to the ship in which Clarence had eharmony dating returned to New York: she had arrived the evening previous, and had not yet come up to the dock. The air came up the bay fresh and invigorating from the sea beyond, and the water sparkled as it dripped from eharmony dating the oars, which, with monotonous regularity, broke eharmony dating the almost unruffled surface of the bay. Some eharmony dating of the ship's sails were shaken out to dry in the morning sun, and the cordage hung loosely and carelessly from the masts and yards. Eharmony dating a few sailors lounged idly about the deck, and leaned over the side to watch the eharmony dating boat as it approached. With their aid it was soon secured alongside, eharmony dating and Charlie clambered up the ladder, and stood upon the deck of the vessel. On inquiring for Clarence, he was shown into the cabin, where he found him extended on eharmony dating a sofa.
He raised himself as he saw eharmony dating Charlie approach, and, extending his hand, exclaimed,—"How kind! I did eharmony dating not expect you until eharmony dating we reached the shore."
eharmony dating For a moment, Charlie could not speak. eharmony dating the shock