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Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
" This—that I distrust the whole Fraternity . Brothers , forsooth ! Pshaw !" " Farewell ! " said his two companions , in a breath—and left him . Rupert hurried on , absorbed in his own reflections . Had he been less engrossed he might , perchance , have heard one of
the Hensinghams whisper quietly to the other : — " What chance of rescuing so prejudiced , so unreasonable a being . Leave him to his fate , as doomed and impracticable !" " No alternative presents itself , " replied the other , sadly ; " but if he had belonged to us , we would have braved his displeasure , and made one determined effort to save him / '
" I ' ve given those fellows a rebuff , " said Rupert , merrily , as he reached his hotel . " Plow gloomily they listened ! Gad ! I half suspect they were Masons ! How capital if this conjecture be correct Ah ! here is something better w orth thinking of ! " And he turned as he spoke to an exquisitely finished miniature of the marchesa , which a struggling artist
had completed and sent home that evening . " A faithful , but not a flattered likeness , '" was his comment after a lengthened and delighted inspection . Thus we leave him . Dreamer ! Enjoy thy vision while it lasts . Its tints are on the point of fading ! Stern realities are thickening around thee . Revel in thy present day-dream while thou mayst . There awaits thee an early and terrible awakening !
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Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
" This—that I distrust the whole Fraternity . Brothers , forsooth ! Pshaw !" " Farewell ! " said his two companions , in a breath—and left him . Rupert hurried on , absorbed in his own reflections . Had he been less engrossed he might , perchance , have heard one of
the Hensinghams whisper quietly to the other : — " What chance of rescuing so prejudiced , so unreasonable a being . Leave him to his fate , as doomed and impracticable !" " No alternative presents itself , " replied the other , sadly ; " but if he had belonged to us , we would have braved his displeasure , and made one determined effort to save him / '
" I ' ve given those fellows a rebuff , " said Rupert , merrily , as he reached his hotel . " Plow gloomily they listened ! Gad ! I half suspect they were Masons ! How capital if this conjecture be correct Ah ! here is something better w orth thinking of ! " And he turned as he spoke to an exquisitely finished miniature of the marchesa , which a struggling artist
had completed and sent home that evening . " A faithful , but not a flattered likeness , '" was his comment after a lengthened and delighted inspection . Thus we leave him . Dreamer ! Enjoy thy vision while it lasts . Its tints are on the point of fading ! Stern realities are thickening around thee . Revel in thy present day-dream while thou mayst . There awaits thee an early and terrible awakening !