In fact, the
brothers were now inseparable, Harry's object being to keep Charles as
much under his eye and control as possible, from an apprehension that,
on cool reflection, he might take it into his head to satisfy himself
by a personal interview with Alice Goodwin as to the incomprehensible
change which had estranged her affection from him.
Still, although the affection of those brothers seemed to increase, the
conduct of Harry was full of mystery. That the confidence he placed
in Charles was slight and partial admitted of no doubt. He was in the
habit, for instance, of going out after the family had gone to bed, as
we have mentioned before; and it was past all doubt that he had been
frequently seen accompanied, in his midnight rambles, by what was known
in the neighborhood as the Black Spectre, or, by the common people, as
the _Shan-dhinne-dhue_, or the dark old man. These facts invested
his character, which, in spite of all his plausibility of manner, was
unpopular, with something of great dread, as involving on his part some
unholy association with the evil and supernatural.
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