"Ellen Carrington;" a tale of Hull during the cholera in 1849 / [Mrs Curd].
- Curd, Mrs.
- Date:
- [1875]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: "Ellen Carrington;" a tale of Hull during the cholera in 1849 / [Mrs Curd]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[86] noted his care-worn countenance, saw him not, and passed him by on the other side. But he was once again in the full sunshine of prosperity, and the butterflies, who live only in its warmth and light, fluttered around him with an unusual display of brilliant colours. The first thing he did on reaching the private room in his counting-house was to tear in pieces the little book which had been his study since he returned from London. “ The cursed thing shall not fall into the hands of any one who may be tempted to read its infamous pages, as I have done,” he said, as he made a pile of the torn fragments and set them on fire. He turned over the burning leaves, and watched the smoke ascending the chimney until every bit was consumed to ashes. “ I wish to God that every action of mine, during the last twelve months, could be burnt out of my memory as effectually as I have burnt this book—or, better still, I wish my life had been demanded when I could have given it up, leaving an untarnished name behind me. Had I trusted in Providence, or in the natural course of events, instead of struggling in a hand-to-hand fight with fate; I should not have been the guilty man I am now.” He stood by the window, watching the vessels moving up and down the river, and listening to the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24863488_0088.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
