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Robert Bramble  for this was he, the same whom the reader has seen as a boy at home in Bramble Park  had not improved in spirit or manliness by advance in years. ROBERT BRAMBLE FOR THIS WAS HE THE SAME WHOM THE READER HAS SEEN AS A BOY AT HOME IN BRAMBLE PARK HAD NOT IMPROVED IN SPIRIT OR MANLINESS BY ADVANCE IN YEARS
he gayest and wittiest found in her one quite their equal; the thoughtful and pathetic were equally at home by her side; but her heart, to them, seemed encased in iron, so cold and immovable it continued to all the assaults that gallantry made against its fastness, and yet no one who knew her really doubted the tenderness of her feelings and the sensibility of her heart. Her beauty was quite matured--that is she must have numbered at least twenty years; but there was still a girlish loveliness, a childlike parity and sincerity in all she said and did, that showed the real freshness of her heart and innocence of her mind. Far too pure and good and gentle was she for him who had so earnestly sued for her hand, as we have seen. Beneath a gentlemanly exterior, that other, whom we have seen depart from her side under such peculiar circumstances, hid a spirit of petty meanness and violence of temper, a soul that hardly merited the name, and which made him enemies everywhere, friends nowhere. SION UPON HER HEART THE GAYEST AND WITTIEST FOUND IN HER ONE QUITE THEIR EQUAL THE THOUGHTFUL AND PATHETIC WERE EQUALLY AT HOME BY HER SIDE BUT HER HEART TO THEM SEEMED ENCASED IN IRON SO COLD AND IMMOVABLE IT CONTINUED TO ALL THE ASSAULTS THAT GALLANTRY MADE AGAINST ITS FASTNESS AND YET NO ONE WHO KNEW HER REALLY DOUBTED THE TENDERNESS OF HER FEELINGS AND THE SENSIBILITY OF HER HEART HER BEAUTY WAS QUITE MATURED THAT IS SHE MUST HAVE NUMBERED AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS BUT THERE WAS STILL A GIRLISH LOVELINESS A CHILDLIKE PARODY AND SINCERITY IN ALL SHE SAID AND DID THAT SHOWED THE REAL FRESHNESS OF HER HEART AND INNOCENCE OF HER MIND FAR TOO PURE AND GOOD AND GENTLE WAS SHE FOR HIM WHO HAD SO EARNESTLY SUED FOR HER HAND AS WE HAVE SEEN BENEATH A GENTLEMANLY EXTERIOR THAT OTHER WHOM WE HAVE SEEN DEPART FROM HER SIDE UNDER SUCH PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES HID A SPIRIT OF PETTY MEANNESS AND VIOLENCE OF TEMPER A SOUL THAT HARDLY MERITED THE NAME AND WHICH MADE HIM ENEMIES EVERYWHERE FRIENDS NOWHERE
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