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No, he was repentant for the wrong he had done, and had already resolved to completely reform if the opportunity were offered to him; but Robert Bramble was outraging the laws of nature and of God. NO HE WAS REPENTANT FOR THE WRONG HE HAD DONE AND HAD ALREADY RESOLVED TO COMPLETELY REFORM IF THE OPPORTUNITY WERE OFFERED TO HIM BUT ROBERT BRAMBLE WAS OUTRAGING THE LAWS OF NATURE AND OF GOD
s bedside, pointing at him a warning finger, and sadly chiding his fearful want of feeling. He tosses and turns and writhes again, then leaping from the uneasy bed, looks bewildered around, and half grows alarmed. Quickly he wraps a dressing-gown about him, and hastily walks back and forth to still the agony of feeling and the bitter phantoms of his dreams. How haggard and wild he looks by that dim candle-light. Once more he throws himself upon his bed, and, after a while, is again asleep, if such unconsciousness can be called sleep. Again he tosses, and turns, and sighs like one in a nightmare until at last, towards the breaking of day, the quick, startling breathing ceases, and subsides into a regular and equal respiration, and he lies still. Nature overcomes all else, and he now sleeps, indeed, but not until he has passed through a fearful purgatory of dreams, all too real, too trying.--His brother, with soon the prospect of a disgraceful death on the gallows, had not suffered thus. S DEAD FATHER SEEMS STANDING BY HIS BEDSIDE POINTING AT HIM A WARNING FINGER AND SADLY CHIDING HIS FEARFUL WANT OF FEELING HE TOSSES AND TURNS AND WRITHES AGAIN THEN LEAPING FROM THE UNEASY BED LOOKS BEWILDERED AROUND AND HALF GROWS ALARMED QUICKLY HE WRAPS A DRESSING GOWN ABOUT HIM AND HASTILY WALKS BACK AND FORTH TO STILL THE AGONY OF FEELING AND THE BITTER PHANTOMS OF HIS DREAMS HOW HAGGARD AND WILD HE LOOKS BY THAT DIM CANDLE LIGHT ONCE MORE HE THROWS HIMSELF UPON HIS BED AND AFTER A WHILE IS AGAIN ASLEEP IF SUCH UNCONSCIOUSNESS CAN BE CALLED SLEEP AGAIN HE TOSSES AND TURNS AND SIGHS LIKE ONE IN A NIGHTMARE UNTIL AT LAST TOWARD THE BREAKING OF DAY THE QUICK STARTLING BREATHING CEASES AND SUBSIDES INTO A REGULAR AND EQUAL RESPIRATION AND HE LIES STILL NATURE OVERCOMES ALL ELSE AND NOW HE SLEEPS INDEED BUT NOT UNTIL HE HAS PASSED THROUGH A FEARFUL PURGATORY OF DREAMS ALL TOO REAL TOO TRYING HIS BROTHER WITH SOON THE PROSPECT OF A DISGRACEFUL DEATH ON THE GALLOWS HAD NOT SUFFERED THUS
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