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He too proud to make a confidant of the servant, or to confide to him of his father's conduct, or even that of Robert. Leonard Hust watched the boy carefully, and entered keenly into his feelings, until at last he said: "I wasn't the only one who saw you save her ladyship's pet, master Charles." HE TOO PROUD TO MAKE A CONFIDANT OF THE SERVANT OR TO CONFIDE TO HIM OF HIS FATHER'S CONDUCT OR EVEN THAT OF ROBERT LEONARD HUST WATCHED THE BOY CAREFULLY AND ENTERED KEENLY INTO HIS FEELINGS UNTIL AT LAST HE SAID I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW YOU SAVE HER LADYSHIP'S PET MASTER CHARLES
him to attempt to explain, though he felt the injustice of this treatment; and so with a quivering lip he turned away from the scene and went in his wet clothes to the servants' hall where he might dry them. He said nothing, but looked much sadder than usual as he stood there before the fire. A coarse but honest servant, Leonard Hust, who had been born on the estate, and whose father before him had been a servant in Sir Robert's household, came stealthily to Charles's side and busied himself in helping him to arrange his clothes and dry them, while he smoothed the boy's hair and wiped his face. "Never mind, master Charles," said the honest fellow, noticing the trembling lips of the handsome boy; "never mind, it's a gallant act in you, and though I say it, who shouldn't, perhaps, master Robert never would have dared to do it; he hasn't got half your courage and strength, though he's bigger and older." A tear was all the answer that the boy vouchsafed to his honest effort at consolation.  WAS THAT IT WAS USELESS FOR HIM TO ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THOUGH HE FELT THE INJUSTICE OF THIS TREATMENT AND SO WITH A QUIVERING LIP HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE SCENE AND WENT IN HIS WET CLOTHES TO THE SERVANTS HALL WHERE HE MIGHT DRY THEM HE SAID NOTHING BUT LOOKED MUCH SADDER THAN USUAL AS HE STOOD THERE BEFORE THE FIRE A COARSE BUT HONEST SERVANT LEONARD HUST WHO HAD BEEN BORN ON THE ESTATE AND WHOSE FATHER BEFORE HIM HAD BEEN A SERVANT IN SIR ROBERT'S HOUSEHOLD CAME STEALTHILY TO CHARLES'S SIDE AND BUSIED HIMSELF IN HELPING HIM TO ARRANGE HIS CLOTHES AND DRY THEM WHILE HE SMOOTHED THE BOY'S HAIR AND WIPED HIS FACE NEVER MIND MASTER CHARLES SAID THE HONEST FELLOW NOTICING THE TREMBLING LIPS OF THE HANDSOME BOY NEVER MIND IT'S A GALLANT ACT IN YOU AND THOUGH I SAY IT WHO SHOULDN'T PERHAPS MASTER ROBERT NEVER WOULD HAVE DARED TO DO IT HE HASN'T GOT HALF YOUR COURAGE AND STRENGTH THOUGH HE'S BIGGER AND OLDER A TEAR WAS ALL THE ANSWER THAT THE BOY VOUCHSAFED TO HIS HONEST EFFORT AT CONSOLATION
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