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"It wasn't father or mother that saw it?" asked Charles, quickly, as he recalled the injustice he had just experienced at their hands, under Robert's prompting. "No, master Charles." IT WASN'T FATHER OR MOTHER THAT SAW IT ASKED CHARLES QUICKLY AS HE RECALLED THE INJUSTICE HE HAD JUST EXPERIENCED AT THEIR HANDS UNDER ROBERT'S PROMPTING NO MASTER CHARLES
coarse but honest servant, Leonard Hust, who had been born on the estate, and whose father before him had been a servant in Sir Robert's household, came stealthily to Charles's side and busied himself in helping him to arrange his clothes and dry them, while he smoothed the boy's hair and wiped his face. "Never mind, master Charles," said the honest fellow, noticing the trembling lips of the handsome boy; "never mind, it's a gallant act in you, and though I say it, who shouldn't, perhaps, master Robert never would have dared to do it; he hasn't got half your courage and strength, though he's bigger and older." A tear was all the answer that the boy vouchsafed to his honest effort at consolation. He too proud to make a confidant of the servant, or to confide to him of his father's conduct, or even that of Robert. Leonard Hust watched the boy carefully, and entered keenly into his feelings, until at last he said: "I wasn't the only one who saw you save her ladyship's pet, master Charles. E STOOD THERE BEFORE THE FIRE A COARSE BUT HONEST SERVANT LEONARD HUST WHO HAD BEEN BORN ON THE ESTATE AND WHOSE FATHER BEFORE HIM HAD BEEN A SERVANT IN SIR ROBERT'S HOUSEHOLD CAME STEALTHILY TO CHARLES'S SIDE AND BUSIED HIMSELF IN HELPING HIM TO ARRANGE HIS CLOTHES AND DRY THEM WHILE HE SMOOTHED THE BOY'S HAIR AND WIPED HIS FACE NEVER MIND MASTER CHARLES SAID THE HONEST FELLOW NOTICING THE TREMBLING LIPS OF THE HANDSOME BOY NEVER MIND IT'S A GALLANT ACT IN YOU AND THOUGH I SAY IT WHO SHOULDN'T PERHAPS MASTER ROBERT NEVER WOULD HAVE DARED TO DO IT HE HASN'T GOT HALF YOUR COURAGE AND STRENGTH THOUGH HE'S BIGGER AND OLDER A TEAR WAS ALL THE ANSWER THAT THE BOY VOUCHSAFED TO HIS HONEST EFFORT AT CONSOLATION HE TOO PROUD TO MAKE A CONFIDANT OF THE SERVANT OR TO CONFIDE TO HIM OF HIS FATHER'S CONDUCT OR EVEN THAT OF ROBERT LEONARD HUST WATCHED THE BOY CAREFULLY AND ENTERED KEENLY INTO HIS FEELINGS UNTIL AT LAST HE SAID I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW YOU SAVE HER LADYSHIP'S PET MASTER CHARLES
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