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XXIX Do You Know My Brother? |
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" I will accompany you into the hall," said he. "Then if anything is wrong, you have but to speak my name." But Orlando Brotherson, displeased by this move, took a step which brought him between the two. "You can hear her from here if she chooses to speak. There's a point to be settled between us before either of us leaves this house, and this opportunity is as good as another. Go to my brother, Miss Scott; we will await your return." A flash from the proud banker's eye; but no demur, rather a gesture of consent. Doris, with a look of deep anxiety, sped away, and the two men stood face to face. It was one of those moments which men recognise as memorable. What had the one to say or the other to hear, worthy of this preamble and the more than doubtful relation in which they stood each to each? Mr. Challoner had more time than he expected in which to wonder and gird himself for whatever suffering or shock awaited him. For, Orlando Brotherson, unlike his usual self, kept him waiting while he collected his own wits, which, strange to say, seemed to have vanished with the girl. But the question finally came. "Mr. Challoner, do you know my brother?" "I have never seen him." "Do you know him? Does he know you?" "Not at all. We are strangers." It was said honestly. They did not know each other. Mr. Challoner was quite correct in his statement. |
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