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"You are very severe, Captain Bramble," said the lady, "upon a person whom you acknowledge you have not yet known a single calendar month." "It is long enough, quite long enough, Miss Huntington, to read the character of such an unprincipled fellow as this nondescript captain." YOU ARE VERY SEVERE CAPTAIN BRAMBLE SAID THE LADY UPON A PERSON WHOM YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE NOT YET KNOWN A SINGLE CALENDAR MONTH IT IS LONG ENOUGH QUITE LONG ENOUGH MISS HUNTINGTON TO READ THE CHARACTER OF SUCH AN UNPRINCIPLED FELLOW AS THIS NONDESCRIPT CAPTAIN
 circumstances that he could arrest and detain him, if not, by some lucky chance, even have him tried and adjudged upon by the English commission upon the coast. To suppose that Captain Ratlin did not understand entirely the motives and conduct of his enemy and would-be rival, would be to give him less credit for discernment than he deserved. He understood the matter very well, and, indeed, bore with assumed patience, for Miss Huntington's sake, many impertinences that he would otherwise have instantly asserted. But he marked out for himself a course, and he resolved to adhere to it. Captain Bramble was not only a suitor of Miss Huntington's, but an old and intimate friend, as he learned from her family, and therefore he should avoid all quarrel whatever with him, and so he did on his own part; but the English officer, enraged by his apparent success, took every occasion to disparage the character of Captain Ratlin, and even before Miss Huntington's own face, declared him no gentleman. AND DOUBTLESS UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HE COULD ARREST AND DETAIN HIM IF NOT BY SOME LUCKY CHANCE EVEN HAVE HIM TRIED AND ADJUDGED UPON BY THE ENGLISH COMMISSION UPON THE COAST TO SUPPOSE THAT CAPTAIN RATLIN DID NOT UNDERSTAND ENTIRELY THE MOTIVES AND CONDUCT OF HIS ENEMY AND WOULD BE RIVAL WOULD BE TO GIVE HIM LESS CREDIT FOR DISCERNMENT THAN HE DESERVED HE UNDERSTOOD THE MATTER VERY WELL AND INDEED BORE WITH ASSUMED PATIENCE FOR MISS HUNTINGTON'S SAKE MANY IMPERTINENCES THAT HE WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE INSTANTLY ASSERTED BUT HE MARKED OUT FOR HIMSELF A COURSE AND HE RESOLVED TO ADHERE TO IT CAPTAIN BRAMBLE WAS NOT ONLY A SUITOR OF MISS HUNTINGTON'S BUT AN OLD AND INTIMATE FRIEND AS HE LEARNED FROM HER FAMILY AND THEREFORE HE SHOULD AVOID ALL QUARREL WHATEVER WITH HIM AND SO HE DID ON HIS OWN PART BUT THE ENGLISH OFFICER ENRAGED BY HIS APPARENT SUCCESS TOOK EVERY OCCASION TO DISPARAGE THE CHARACTER OF CAPTAIN RATLIN AND EVEN BEFORE MISS HUNTINGTON'S OWN FACE DECLARED HIM NO GENTLEMAN
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