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said the elder brother, hastily, "he must not be further examined." "How he has altered, sir, only to think," continued the servant; "why, when he went away from Bramble Park, sir, he wasn't much more than nine years old." SAID THE ELDER BROTHER HASTILY HE MUST NOT BE FURTHER EXAMINED HOW HE HAS ALTERED SIR ONLY TO THINK CONTINUED THE SERVANT WHY WHEN HE WENT AWAY FROM BRAMBLE PARK SIR HE WASN'T MUCH MORE THAN NINE YEARS OLD
it to him yourself. Don't you remember, sir, just previous to the dog affair, for which he ran away from home!" "By Heaven! I believe you speak truly; and yet how strange, how more than strange it all is, that we should meet again in this way!" "It quite nonplussed me, sir. I thought he was a ghost at first." "Strange, strange!" mused the elder brother. "In those days, long ago in our childhood, he crossed my path constantly, and here he is again athwart my hawse. By Heaven! but it is strange--wonderful, that fate should have thrown him and Helen Huntington together again, and that neither should know the other; and yet not so very strange, for she was but eight years old when Charles ran away. Yes, he thwarted me then, for even in childhood the girl fancied him above me, and now she affects him even in his fallen fortunes." "What shall we do, sir, now that master Charles has turned up again?" asked Leonard Hust, in his simplicity. "We cannot testify against him now, sir." "No, no, no! OND ALL CAVIL LEONARD BY THE SCAR OVER THE RIGHT EYE YOU GAVE IT HIM YOURSELF DON'T YOU REMEMBER SIR JUST PREVIOUS THE DOG AFFAIR FOR WHICH HE RAN AWAY FROM HOME BY HEAVEN I BELIEVE YOU SPEAK TRULY AND YET HOW STRANGE HOW MORE THAN STRANGE IT ALL IS THAT WE SHOULD MEET AGAIN IN THIS WAY IT QUITE AN UNPLUS TO ME SIR I THOUGHT HE WAS A GHOST AT FIRST STRANGE STRANGE MUSED THE ELDER BROTHER IN THOSE DAYS LONG AGO IN OUR CHILDHOOD HE CROSSED MY PATH CONSTANTLY AND HERE HE IS AGAIN ATHWART MY HOUSE BY HEAVEN BUT IT IS STRANGE WONDERFUL THAT FATE SHOULD HAVE THROWN HIM AND HELEN HUNTINGTON TOGETHER AGAIN AND THAT NEITHER SHOULD KNOW THE OTHER AND YET NOT SO VERY STRANGE FOR SHE WAS BUT EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN CHARLES RAN AWAY YES HE THWARTED ME THEN BUT EVEN IN CHILDHOOD THE GIRL FANCIED HIM ABOVE ME AND NOW SHE AFFECTS HIM EVEN IN HIS FALLEN FORTUNES WHAT SHALL WE DO SIR NOW THAT MASTER CHARLES HAS TURNED UP AGAIN ASKED LEONARD HUSS IN HIS SIMPLICITY WE CANNOT TESTIFY AGAINST HIM NOW SIR NO NO
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