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Life is too short for mean anxieties; / Soul! thou must work, though blindfold. / KINGSLEY. -- _The Saints' Tragedy._
The next morning Cecil had almost regained his cheerfulness. The thought of last night's loss would occasionally dash his spirits, for seven pounds, in his situation, was not a trifling sum.