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Chapter 73

           

           Fortheyoungmanhimself,heriotedabroadforabriefterm,livingbyhiswits—whichmeansbytheabuseofeveryfacultythatworthilyemployedraisesmanabovethebeasts,andsodegraded,sinkshimfarbelowthem.Itwasnotlongbeforehisbodywasrecognisedbyastranger,whochancedtovisitthathospitalinPariswherethedrownedarelaidouttobeowned;despitethebruisesanddisfigurementswhichweresaidtohavebeenoccasionedbysomepreviousscuffle.Butthestrangerkepthisowncounseluntilhereturnedhome,anditwasneverclaimedorcaredfor.

           Theyoungerbrother,orthesinglegentleman,forthatdesignationismorefamiliar,wouldhavedrawnthepoorschoolmasterfromhisloneretreat,andmadehimhiscompanionandfriend.Butthehumblevillageteacherwastimidofventuringintothenoisyworld,andhadbecomefondofhisdwellingintheoldchurchyard.Calmlyhappyinhisschool,andinthespot,andintheattachmentofHerlittlemourner,hepursuedhisquietcourseinpeace;andwas,throughtherighteousgratitudeofhisfriend—letthisbriefmentionsufficeforthat—aPOORschool-masternomore.

           Thatfriend—singlegentleman,oryoungerbrother,whichyouwill—hadathisheartaheavysorrow;butitbredinhimnomisanthropyormonasticgloom.Hewentforthintotheworld,aloverofhiskind.Foralong,longtime,itwashischiefdelighttotravelinthestepsoftheoldmanandthechild(sofarashecouldtracethemfromherlastnarrative),tohaltwheretheyhadhalted,sympathisewheretheyhadsuffered,andrejoicewheretheyhadbeenmadeglad.

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