"
"Harry," said Lindsay, "from what has occurred this morning, I shall be
guided by you. I will not press this marriage, neither shall I stoop to
seek an explanation."
"Thank you, sir," replied Harry. "I advise you as I do because I would
not wish to see our whole family insulted in your person."
Maria and her brother Charles looked at each other, and seemed to
labor under a strange and somewhat mysterious feeling. The confidence,
however, with which Harry spoke evidently depressed them, and, as they
entertained not the slightest suspicion of his treachery, they left the
apartment each with a heavy heart.
Harry, from this time forward, associated more with his brother than he
had done, and seemed to take him more into his confidence. He asked him
out in all his sporting expeditions; and proposed that they should each
procure a shooting dress of the same color and materials, which was
accordingly done; and so strongly did they resemble each other, when
dressed in them, that in an uncertain light, or at a distance, it was
nearly impossible to distinguish the one from the other.
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