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As he went on relating these things, in the same old natural voice that he had poured into the same ears from their infancy, until nearly ten years had passed, a long closed vein of memory seemed gradually to open in the prisoner's brain; he covered his face with his hands, and for a few moments seemed lost in connecting the various threads of the past, until gradually it all came plainly and clearly back to him. AS HE WENT ON RELATING THESE THINGS IN THE SAME OLD NATURAL VOICE THAT HE HAD POURED INTO THE SAME EARS FROM THEIR INFANCY UNTIL NEARLY TEN YEARS HAD PASSED A LONG CLOSED VEIN OF MEMORY SEEMED GRADUALLY TO OPEN IN THE PRISONER'S BRAIN HE COVERED HIS FACE WITH HIS HANDS AND FOR A FEW MOMENTS SEEMED LOST IN CONNECTING THE VARIOUS THREADS OF THE PAST UNTIL GRADUALLY IT ALL CAME PLAINLY AND CLEARLY BACK TO HIM
r, who now stepped away from him and stood aloof, withdrawing his wrists from the operation which Leonard Hust was performing. "Come hither, Leonard Hust, if that be your name," he said; "sit here and tell me what this business is that you refer to. No blind hints, sir, but speak out plainly, and like a man." Thus interrogated, the man did as he was directed, and went on to tell the commander of the "Sea Witch" his story, up to the time when he was lost to his parents and friends. How he had never been kindly treated by his elder brother, who, indeed, drove him from home by his incessant oppression. He referred to that last gallant act he had performed, by saving his mother's favorite dog, and how little cousin Helen (she is the same as Miss Huntington) had seen it all, and had thanked him over and over again for it, and a thousand other reminiscences, thread by thread, and link by link, filling up the space from earliest childhood to the hour when he had left his home at Bramble Park. S HAD PRODUCED UPON THE PRISONER WHO NOW STEPPED AWAY FROM HIM AND STOOD ALOOF WITHDRAWING HIS WRIST FROM THE OPERATION WHICH LEONARD HUST WAS PERFORMING COME HITHER LEONARD HUST IF THAT BE YOUR NAME HE SAID SIT HERE AND TELL ME WHAT THIS BUSINESS IS THAT YOU REFER TO NO BLIND HINTS SIR BUT SPEAK OUT PLAINLY AND LIKE A MAN THUS INTERROGATED THE MAN DID AS HE WAS DIRECTED AND WENT ON TO TELL THE COMMANDER OF THE SEA WITCH HIS STORY UP TO THE TIME WHEN HE WAS LOST TO HIS PARENTS AND FRIENDS HOW HE HAD NEVER BEEN KINDLY TREATED BY HIS ELDEST BROTHER WHO INDEED DROVE HIM FROM HIS HOME BY HIS INCESSANT OPPRESSION HE REFERRED TO THAT LAST GALLANT ACT HE HAD PERFORMED BY SAVING HIS MOTHER'S FAVOURITE DOG AND HOW LITTLE COUSIN HELEN SHE IS THE SAME AS MISS HUNTINGTON HAD SEEN IT ALL AND HAD THANKED HIM OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR IT AND A THOUSAND OTHER REMINISCENCES THREAD BY THREAD AND LINK BY LINK FILLING UP THE SPACE FROM EARLIEST CHILDHOOD TO THE HOUR WHEN HE HAD LEFT HIS HOME AT BRAMBLE PARK
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