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He no longer felt the irons that Leonard Hust was filing away. He seemed to feel a strength that would have snapped them like pack threap. He was a man now, a free man, and not a thing of accident; a thing for the world to point at in scorn, not an abandoned child of shame. HE NO LONGER FELT THE IRONS THAT LEONARD HUSS WAS FILING AWAY HE SEEMED TO FEEL A STRENGTH THAT WOULD HAVE SNAPPED THEM LIKE A PACK THREAT HE WAS A MAN NOW A FREE MAN AND NOT A THING OF ACCIDENT A THING FOR THE WORLD TO POINT AT IN SCORN NOR AN ABANDONED CHILD OF SHAME
d I tell you yes." "My blood, then, shall not be upon his hands," said Charles, musing, "I will escape. Come, good Leonard, relieve me of these shackles, and quickly." "Slowly, slowly, master Charles, we must be cautious, there are watchful eyes on board the ship, and sentries who know their duty, so be wary." The young commander seemed now to stand more erect, there was a freer glance to his eye, his lips were more compressed and firm, he felt that what had been to him heretofore an indelible stain, a stigma upon his character, was now effaced; he was not only respectably born, but even gently and highly so. His father was knighted by his king, his blood was as pure and ancient as any in England. He could now take Helen Huntington to his heart without shame; he could boldly plead a cause that he had not before dared to utter; he could refer her to the dear hours of their childhood, to the tender kiss she gave him when he left that distant home to become a wanderer over half the globe!  SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN I SIR AND I TELL YOU YES MY BLOOD THEN SHALL NOT BE UPON HIS HANDS SAID CHARLES MUSING I WILL ESCAPE COME GOOD LEONARD RELIEVE ME OF THESE SHACKLES AND QUICKLY SLOWLY SLOWLY MASTER CHARLES WE MUST BE CAUTIOUS THERE ARE WATCHFUL EYES ON BOARD THE SHIP AND SENTRIES WHO KNOW THEIR DUTY SO BE WARY THE YOUNG COMMANDER SEEMED NOW TO STAND MORE ERECT THERE WAS A FREER GLANCE TO HIS EYE HIS LIPS WERE MORE COMPRESSED AND FIRM HE FELT THAT WHAT HAD BEEN TO HIM HERETOFORE AS AN INDELIBLE STAIN A STIGMA UPON HIS CHARACTER WAS NOW EFFACED HE WAS NOT ONLY RESPECTABLY BORN BUT EVEN GENTLY AND HIGHLY SO HIS FATHER WAS KNIGHTED BY THE KING HIS BLOOD WAS AS PURE AND ANCIENT AS ANY IN ENGLAND HE COULD NOW TAKE HELEN HUNTINGTON TO HIS HEART WITHOUT SHAME HE COULD BOLDLY PLEAD A CAUSE THAT HE HAD NOT BEFORE DARED TO UTTER HE COULD REFER TO HER TO THE DEAR HOURS OF THEIR CHILDHOOD TO THE TENDER KISS SHE GAVE HIM WHEN HE LEFT THAT DISTANT HOME TO BECOME A WANDERER OVER HALF THE GLOBE
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