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"It was not her time to love; beside / Her life had many a hope and aim. " / R. BROWNING.
CAPTAIN LUCAS was in the depths of despair next morning. It was always thus, after these disappointing failures; but never more thus than now. The breakdown had been so unexpected. After a year and more of continuous victory, he had felt himself secure; it seemed almost absurd to fear that he ever could be overcome again. And in a moment, the shock of temptation had come-the opportunity, the craving, the powerlessness to resist.