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"Leonard, Leonard, I see all, remember all," he said, while a tear, a man's tear, wet for a single moment his bronzed cheek. "I am rejoiced, sir, to hear it, I am sure," said the other. LEONARD LEONARD I SEE ALL I REMEMBER ALL HE SAID WHILE THE TEAR A MAN'S TEAR WET FOR A SINGLE MOMENT HIS BRONZED CHEEK I AM REJOICED SIR TO HEAR IT I AM SURE SAID THE OTHER
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. 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. His memory had again by these hints become completely restored, he was himself again! 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 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 HIS MEMORY HAD AGAIN BY THESE HINTS BECOME COMPLETELY RESTORED AND HE WAS HIMSELF AGAIN
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