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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!" 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
ing himself into a chair, and wiping the cold perspiration from his face. "I mean, sir, that the man on trial to-day is no more nor less than your brother!" "Charles Bramble?" "Yes, sir." "How strange is all this. How know you beyond all cavil, Leonard?" "By the scar over the right eye. You gave 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. DO YOU MEAN BY SUCH AN ASSERTION ASKED CAPTAIN BRAMBLE THROWING HIMSELF INTO A CHAIR AND WIPING THE COLD PERSPIRATION FROM HIS FACE I MEAN SIR THAT THE MAN ON TRIAL TO DAY IS NO MORE NOR LESS THAN YOUR BROTHER CHARLES BRAMBLE YES SIR HOW STRANGE IS ALL THIS HOW KNOW YOU BEYOND 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
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