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He said nothing, but looked much sadder than usual as he stood there before the fire. HE SAID NOTHING BUT LOOKED MUCH SADDER THAN USUAL AS HE STOOD THERE BEFORE THE FIRE
 smoothed the water from the dog's coat, and instinctively rubbing its benumbed limbs until it became quite resuscitated, and after a short time, following close to Charles for protection, it returned to his mother's side in her boudoir. But Robert had been there before him, and had already manufactured a story redounding to Charles's discredit, and provoking both his mother's and father's anger, the latter of whom at Robert's instance, even struck the gallant-hearted boy a severe blow with the flat of his hand as a punishment for what he denominated an interference with his brother's sport. Charles said nothing; he knew the prejudice which Robert's constant misrepresentations had created against him in his parents' breasts; he realized too, young as he 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. ERE HIS YOUNGER BROTHER SMOOTHED THE WATER FROM THE DOG'S COAT AND INSTINCTIVELY RUBBING ITS BENUMBED LIMBS UNTIL IT BECAME QUITE RESUSCITATED AND AFTER A SHORT TIME FOLLOWING CLOSE TO CHARLES FOR PROTECTION IT RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER'S SIDE IN HER BOUDOIR BUT ROBERT HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE HIM AND HAD ALREADY MANUFACTURED A STORY REDOUNDING TO CHARLES DISCREDIT AND PROVOKING BOTH HIS MOTHER'S AND FATHER'S ANGER THE LATTER OF WHOM AT ROBERT'S INSTANCE EVEN STRUCK THE GALLANT HEARTED BOY A SEVERE BLOW WITH THE FLAT OF HIS HAND AS A PUNISHMENT FOR WHAT HE DENOMINATED IN INTERFERENCE WITH HIS BROTHER SPORT CHARLES SAID NOTHING HE KNEW THE PREJUDICE WHICH ROBERT'S CONSTANT MISREPRESENTATIONS HAD CREATED AGAINST HIM IN HIS PARENTS BREASTS HE REALIZED TOO YOUNG AS HE 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
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