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For what will love's exalting not go through, / 'Till long neglect and utter selfishness / Shames the fond pride it takes in its distress? / LEIGH HUNT. -- _Rimini._
Cecil had removed to miserable lodgings at Hammersmith, consisting of two rooms, and those wretchedly furnished; he had also reduced his expenses by giving up his _atélier_, and was now, without pretence at concealment, a gambler, and nothing else.