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It was nearly midnight, and the moon had sunk behind the hill that sheltered the harbor on the north, leaving the dark water of the bay in deep shadow. IT WAS NEARLY MIDNIGHT AND THE MOON HAD SUNK BEHIND THE HILL THAT SHELTERED THE HARBOR ON THE NORTH LEAVING THE DARK WATER OF THE BAY IN DEEP SHADOW
 besides, had not the same spirit of rivalry ripened, until he found his brother in manhood still his successful rival with Helen Huntington? The reader will remember that they had all three been children together, and that the last time Charles had looked back at his home, as he started away from it, his eye detected the little form of Helen, where she stood gazing after him. If there had been any better promptings in the heart of Robert Bramble, they would have turned the balance in favor of his brother, and he would have befriended him; but this he did not do. He walked his room, bitterly musing upon the singular position of affairs, while he knew very well that Charles lay in chains on board his ship in the harbor. Then he recalled the memory of his parents, as connected with this state of affairs. The father was dead, the mother, a weak-minded woman, was also bowed by ill-health; indeed, their early lives had few happy associations. Robert himself had embittered all its relations. AS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE MAN TO FORGET THE BITTERNESS OF THE CHILD BESIDES HAD NOT THE SAME SPIRIT OF RIVALRY RIPENED UNTIL HE FOUND HIS BROTHER IN MANHOOD STILL HIS SUCCESSFUL RIVAL WITH HELEN HUNTINGTON THE READER WILL REMEMBER THAT THEY HAD ALL THREE BEEN CHILDREN TOGETHER AND THAT THE LAST TIME CHARLES HAD LOOKED BACK AT HIS HOME AS HE STARTED AWAY FROM IT HIS EYE DETECTED THE LITTLE FORM OF HELEN WHERE SHE STOOD GAZING AFTER HIM IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY BETTER PROMPTINGS IN THE HEART OF ROBERT BRAMBLE THEY WOULD HAVE TURNED THE BALANCE IN FAVOUR OF HIS BROTHER AND HE WOULD HAVE BEFRIENDED HIM BUT THIS HE DID NOT DO HE WALKED HIS ROOM BITTERLY MUSING UPON THE SINGULAR POSITION OF AFFAIRS WHILE HE KNEW VERY WELL THAT CHARLES LAY IN CHAINS ON BOARD HIS SHIP IN THE HARBOR THEN HE RECALLED THE MEMORY OF HIS PARENTS THE FATHER WAS DEAD THE MOTHER A WEAK MINDED WOMAN WAS ALSO BOWED BY ILL HEALTH INDEED THEIR EARLY LIVES HAD FEW HAPPY ASSOCIATIONS ROBERT HIMSELF HAD EMBITTERED ALL ITS RELATIONS
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