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Yet a shadow for a moment crossed over his brow, as he thought of that brother, who could coldly look on and see him sacrificed, knowing what he must and surely did know. YET A SHADOW FOR THE MOMENT CROSSED OVER HIS BROW AS HE THOUGHT OF THAT BROTHER WHO COULD COLDLY LOOK AND SEE HIM SACRIFICED KNOWING WHAT HE MUST AND SURELY DID KNOW
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! 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. No, he felt nerved at once by this singular, this almost miraculous discovery, and could hardly restrain his impatience. R 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 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 NO HE FELT NERVED AT ONCE BY THIS SINGULAR THIS ALMOST MIRACULOUS DISCOVERY AND COULD HARDLY RESTRAIN HIS IMPATIENCE
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