. Dare . CHAPTER IX. debs RUBICON. ^^^^^^ HE weeks fled quickly by in bustle and* I^^^I^^j preparation. They were so busy thatDare had not found another opportu-nity of peeping into the nest. Debwas to be launched with due pomp and were to undergo a crucificial attempt atjollity in a fashionable way. Deborah stood onthe bank of her Rubicon. The land which laybeyond was a mystic kingdom; and whether itwould prove a verdured plain, flower-cinctured, or abarren slope, was a problem of dim speculation. Marriage is the crisis of womans Caesar, she plunges in boldly—Jacta a
. Dare . CHAPTER IX. debs RUBICON. ^^^^^^ HE weeks fled quickly by in bustle and* I^^^I^^j preparation. They were so busy thatDare had not found another opportu-nity of peeping into the nest. Debwas to be launched with due pomp and were to undergo a crucificial attempt atjollity in a fashionable way. Deborah stood onthe bank of her Rubicon. The land which laybeyond was a mystic kingdom; and whether itwould prove a verdured plain, flower-cinctured, or abarren slope, was a problem of dim speculation. Marriage is the crisis of womans Caesar, she plunges in boldly—Jacta aleaest. The step either develops her latent powers,perfects and rounds her character, or weakens andcrushes it. (A good deal is due to Mr. Benedict.)She must cross the flowing river, trusting the futureto faith and her God. The old people tell us life T40 DARE. is much what we make it. They miglit as welladd marriage also. Lei had crossed her Rubicon when storm-cloudslowered, and waters ran swift and de
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