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'' 'T is time ; descend ; be stone no more ; approach : Strike all that look upon with marvel . '' _ The Winter 's Tale . _ The next day brought Leander a letter which made his heart beat with mingled emotions -- it was from his Matilda . It had evidently been written immediately before her return , and told him that she would be at their old meeting-place -LRB- the statue of Fox in Bloomsbury Square -RRB- at eight o'clock that evening . The wave of tenderness which swept over him at the anticipation of this was hurled back by an uncomfortable thought . What if Matilda were to refer to the ring ? But no ; his Matilda would do nothing so indelicate .