New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-30
DOMBEY AND SON.
PART XVIII.
CHAPTER LN.
Rob De Griadsr Losss his Placs.

mnge In the distant noise at the door the grea,
staircase. Lifting the latch softly. Carker crepi
out and sh1tting the janglng gate after him with
as little noise rs possible, hurried OF.
! In the fever Of his modification and unavniline
/ rage. the panic that had seized upon him mastered
i him completely. 1t to such hight that he
would have blindly encountered almost any risk,
/ rather than meet the man OF whom. two hours ago
/ he had been utterly regardless His fierce arrival
] whrh he had never expected: the sound Of MS
voice, their having been SO near meeting face 70
face he would have braved out this after the frs.
! momentary shock Of alarm, and would have put as
/ bold front upon his guilt as any villain But the
/ sprineing Of his mine upon himself seemed 10 have
rent and shivered all his hardihOod and self reliance
/ Spurned like any reptile; entrapped and Knocked
/ turned upon, and trodden down by the proud wO-
I man whose mind he had slowly poisoned he
thought until she had sunk into the mere creature
Of his pleasure; undeceved in his deceit aud with
/ his ioxs hide stripped Oft he sneaked away.
I absshed, degraded and afraid.
Some other terror came upon him quite removed
from this Of being pursued suddenly, like an cleo
trio shock he was creeping through the streets.
Some visionary terror unintelligible and lnexpica
BILE, associated with a trembling Of the gr0und-a
rush and sweep Of something through the air, like
Death upon the wing. He shrunk, as II to let the
thing 60 by. Ii was not gone, it never had been
there yet what a startling horror It had LETT be
hind.
He raised his wicked Ease, so fall OF trouble, TO
the night sky where the stars so fall Of peace,
were shining on him as they had been when he
he first stole out into the air and stopped 10 think
what he should do. The dread Of being hunted in
strange remote place, where the laws might not
protect him the novelty OF the feeling that Il rds
strange and remote originating in his being left
alone so suddenly amid the ruins OF his plans-hls
greater dread Of seeking refuge now in Italy or In
Sicily, where men might be hired 10 asssssinate
him. he thought, at any dark street corner-the
waywardness Of guilt and fear-perhaps some
sympathy of action with the turning back Of all his
schemes-mpelled him to turn back too, aud 60
70 England.
IL am safer there, in any case. If should not
decide" he thought " TO give this fool a meeting.
am less likely to be traced there than abroad here,
now. And III should this cursed fit being over,
at least | shall not be alone, without soul TO
speak 10, or advise with. or stand by me. shall
not be run in upon and worried like arst'
He muttered Edith's name, and clenched his
hand As he crept along in the shadow Of the
massive buildings, he set mis- teeth. and muttered
dreadful imprecations on her head, and looked from
side to side as if in search Of her Thus he stole
on to the gate of an inn.y yard. The people were
abed bu. his ringing at the bell soon produced
man with lantern, in company with whom he
vas presently in dim coach house, bargaining for
the hire of an old ptetOn, to Paris.
The bargain wss n short one and the horses
were soon sen. for. Leaving word that the car
rage was to follow him when they came, he stole
away again. beyond the town, past the old ram
parts out on the open road, which seemed 70
glide away along The dark plain, like stream
Whittier did il flow What was the end of
AS he paused, with some such suggestion within
him, looking over the gloomy fiat where the slen.
der trees marked out the way. again that Hight OF
Death came rushing up, again went on, impetuo1s
and resistess again was nothing but horror IN
his mind dark the scene and underlined as its re-
hottest verge
There was no wind there was no passing sha-
dow on the deep shade of the night there was no
noise. The city lay behind him. lighted here and
there and starry worlds were hidden by the ma
sonry OF spire and roof that hardly made out any
shapes against the sky. Dark and lonely distance
lay around him every where, and the clocks were
family striking two.
He went forward for what appeared long time
and long way often stopping to listen. AT last
the ringing OF horses bells greeted his anxious
ears. Now softer, and now louder, now inaudlole
now ringing very slowly over bad ground, now
brisk and merry, ii came on until with loud
shouting and lashing, shadowy postlllion muihed
to the eyes checked his four struggling horses at
mis- side.
WHO goes there Monsieur
aYes"
Monsieur has walked long way ia the dark
midnight"
No matter. Every one to his taste, Were
there any other horses ordered at the Post house
"A thousand devils and pardons other
horses at this hour No
Listen, my friend. | am much hurried. Let
as see how isst we can travel The faster the
more money there will be to drink. On We go
them Quick
"Hallos whoop Halloa Hl' Away at
gallop over the black landscape, scattering the
dust and dirt like spray
The catter aud cOnmOtlOn echoed to the hnrry
aud discordance of the fugitives ideas. Nothing
clear without and nothing clear within. OBJECTS
litting past. merging into one another, dimy de
scried confusedy lost sight Of gone Beyond the
changing scraps Of fence and cottage Immediately
upon the road, a lowering waste. Beyond the
shifting images that rose IN his mind and vanish
ed as they show ed themselves, a black expanse
of dread aud rage and bsiHed villainy Occasion
ally, a sigh OF mountain air came from the distant
Jura, fading along the plain. Sometimes that rush
which was So furious and horrible. again came
sweeping through bis fancy, passed away and lett
a chill upon his blood.
The lamps cleaning on the medley OF horses
heads. iomoled with the shadowy driver, and the
nuttering of bis cloak, made thousand lndlstnct
shapes. answering to his thoughts. Shadows OF
familiar people, STOPPING at their desks and books
in their remembered attitudes strange apparl-
tons of the man whom he was lying from, or OF
Edith repetilions in the ringing bells and rolling
wheels, of words that had been spoken conil'
sons of time and place, making last night month
ago last nisht-home now distant beyond hope,
now ACCESSIBLE connection. discord hurry, dark
ness and confusion in his mind and all around him
Halo! Hi away at gallop over the black
landscape dust and dirt flying like spray the
smoking horses snorting and plunging as II each OF
them were ridden by demon, away In frantic
triumph on the dark rosd-whitherl
Again tho nameless shock comes speeding
az. and as il passes, the bells ring 10 his ears
d. whither1" The wheels roar in his ears " width
er ?" All the noise and rattle shapes itself into
that cry. The lights and shadows dance upon the
horses heads like imps No stopping now no
slackenngl On, onl Away with him upon the
dark road wildly
He could not think 10 any purpose. III could
not separate one subject of reflection from another
sufficiently 10 dwell upon 1t, by itself, tor minute
at time. The crash of his project Tor the gaining
of a voluptuous compensation for past restraint
the overthrow of bis treachery 10 one who had been
true ane generous 10 him, but whose least proud
word and look he had treasured up. at interest Tor
years-for false and subtle men will always Sc
cretly de.pise and dislike the object upon which
they fawn, and always resent the payment and re
cept of homage that they know 20 be worthle"
these were the themes uppermost IN his mind a
lurking rage against the woman who had 30 en-
,rspped him and avenged herself. was always
there crude and mis- shapen schemes OF retaliation
mon her foated in his brain bat nothing was dis
,nct. hurry and contradiction prevailed all his
thoughts Even while be was ~ busy with this
f.vo,cd inrfectual thinking his one constant idea