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"Is this the end of all the years That thou hast lived, my friend? Of merry smiles and bitter tears, Is this the end? Tho' sad and dark the past appears, God to thy soul will courage send, And Christ will whisper in thine ears The word which hearts desponding cheers; So rise and to thy work attend. Nor let the wicked ask with jeers Is this the end? "
A few days after a decision had been arrived at concerning the marriage Basil Beaumont made his reappearance in Garsworth, and took up his old quarters at "The House of Good Living," in order to come to a final understanding with Reginald Blake.