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And such a brother! she exclaimed, while her voice trembled with emotion--
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You knew him, Mr L----; you have known him from your childhood; the best and kindest of human beings--one from whose lips no living creature ever heard a harsh or an ungentle word. And to me, what has he not been!--in what perfect love and unity have we not dwelt together all our long lives!--But that fearful man!--that hard, coarse-minded Heneage Devereux! Is it to be believed that that man should step in between my brother and myself--not sundering our hearts, for that is impossible; but causing reserve on the part of my dear brother, in lieu of that perfect confidence he ever placed in me? What can be the nature of the influence that has so changed him? and how has it been acquired? I am sure his heart bled but now, when, as if compelled by some dire necessity, he desired me to prepare for the reception of Mrs Heneage Devereux; but when I would have uttered--as well as the suddenness of my surprise permitted--a few words of gentle remonstrance, my brother stopt me, with an almost stern reiteration of his wishes, and turned from me as if in anger. But it was not so; it was in deep distress, I am certain, Mr L----, and therefore it is that you find me thus overpowered; for what fearful cause can so move my dear brother, and instigate his present determination?