...two unequal portions, the smaller of which he devised to William Bowles, Mrs. Mason's man - servant and his personal attendant ; and the larger — which...rapidly to ebb, and the shattered fragments of his long- resisting will floated down its shallow current into dissolution. It was useless to attempt to...

...two unequal portions, the smaller of which he devised to William Bowles, Mrs. Mason's man - servant and his personal attendant ; and the larger — which...rapidly to ebb, and the shattered fragments of his long - resisting will floated down its shallow current into dissolution. It was useless to attempt...

...had taken fast hold of him, and that now his only concern was to make easy terms with his captor. 209 From this moment his strength began rapidly to ebb,...interval, to watch the signs, or to count the hours. Miss Evanston expressed a desire to give the young man some sign of sympathy. Accordingly the Doctor...