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Brother of Fear, more gaily clad, / / The merrier fool o' th' two, yet quite as mad; / / Sire of Repentance! child of fond Desire! / / That blow'st the chymic's and the lover's fire, / / Leading them still insensibly on / / By the strange witchcraft of "anon." / / COWLEY AGAINST HOPE.
To account for Walter De Guerre's sudden departure, we must revert to the time when, silent and solitary, he shaded the glare of the night-lamp from his eyes, and threw himself along the black oak form to meditate and mourn over events that appeared to him, at least, now beyond his own control.