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Entirely unlike Miss Huntington in every particular, we have yet seen that he exercised some singular power over her  that is, so far as to really interest her beyond even a degree that she was willing to exhibit before him. ENTIRELY UNLIKE MISS HUNTINGTON IN EVERY PARTICULAR WE HAVE YET SEEN THAT HE EXERCISED SOME SINGULAR POWER OVER HER THAT IS SO FAR AS TO REALLY INTEREST HER BEYOND EVEN A DEGREE THAT SHE WAS WILLING TO EXHIBIT BEFORE HIM
bert Bramble--for this was he, the same whom the reader has seen as a boy at home in Bramble Park--had not improved in spirit or manliness by advance in years. The declining pecuniary fortune of his father's house, to which we have before alluded, had led him early to seek employment in the navy, and by dint of influence and attention to his profession, he had gradually risen to the position in which we have found him, as a commander in her majesty's service on the India station. That he loved the widow's daughter was true--that is to say, as sincerely as he was capable of loving any one; but his soul was too selfish to entertain true love for another. The same spirit that had led him to the petty oppressions and the ceaseless annoyances which he had exercised towards his younger brother in childhood, still actuated him, and there was not a gleam of that chivalric spirit which his profession usually inspires in those who adopt it as a calling, shining within the recesses of his breast. FRIENDS NOWHERE ROBERT BRAMBLE FOR THIS WAS HE THE SAME WHOM THE READER HAS SEEN AS A BOY AT HOME IN BRAMBLE PARK HAD NOT IMPROVED IN SPIRIT OR MANLINESS BY ADVANCE IN YEARS THE DECLINING PECUNIARY FORTUNE OF HIS FATHER'S HOUSE TO WHICH WE HAVE BEFORE ALLUDED HAD LED HIM EARLY TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT IN THE NAVY AND BY DINT OF INFLUENCE AND ATTENTION TO HIS PROFESSION HE HAD GRADUALLY RISEN TO THE POSITION IN WHICH WE HAVE FOUND HIM AS A COMMANDER IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE ON THE INDIA STATION THAT HE LOVED THE WIDOW'S DAUGHTER WAS TRUE THAT IS TO SAY AS SINCERELY AS HE WAS CAPABLE OF LOVING ANY ONE BUT HIS SOUL WAS TOO SELFISH TO ENTERTAIN TRUE LOVE FOR ANOTHER THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HAD LED HIM TO THE PETTY OPPRESSIONS AND THE CEASELESS ANNOYANCES WHICH HE HAD EXERCISED TOWARDS HIS YOUNGER BROTHER IN CHILDHOOD STILL ACTUATED HIM AND THERE WAS NOT A GLEAM OF THAT CHIVALRIC SPIRIT WHICH HIS PROFESSION USUALLY INSPIRES IN THOSE WHO ADOPT IT AS A CALLING SHINING WITHIN THE RECESSES OF HIS BREAST
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