Ashegotonhishorse，whichhewasfaintodofeelinglikeadogturnedoutofakitchen，hewasagaingreetedbylittleSammy。
’Good-bye，MrBold；Ihopewemayhavethepleasureofseeingyouagainbeforelong；Iamsurepapawillalwaysbegladtoseeyou。’
ThatwascertainlythebitterestmomentinJohnBold’slife。
Noteventheremembranceofhissuccessfullovecouldcomforthim；nay，whenhethoughtofEleanorhefeltthatitwasthatverylovewhichhadbroughthimtosuchapass。Thatheshouldhavebeensoinsulted，andbeunabletoreply！Thatheshouldhavegivenupsomuchtotherequestofagirl，andthenhavehadhismotivessomisunderstood！Thatheshouldhavemadesogrossamistakeasthisvisitofhistothearchdeacon’s！
Hebitthetopofhiswhip，tillhepenetratedthehornofwhichitwasmade:hestruckthepooranimalinhisanger，andthenwasdoublyangrywithhimselfathisfutilepassion。Hehadbeensocompletelycheckmated，sopalpablyovercome！andwhatwashetodo？Hecouldnotcontinuehisactionafterpledginghimselftoabandonit；norwasthereanyrevengeinthat——itwastheverysteptowhichhisenemyhadendeavouredtogoadhim！