. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly . ble. I will not deny that I may have actedimprudently. The compromise to which I at first agreedstruck me, on reflection, as so ignoble and dishonorable,that I rushed just as rashly into the opposite extreme. Ifelt, in fact, George, as though I owed this man a repara-tion for having ever thought of stifling his claim; and Icarried this sentiment so far that Sedley asked me one day,in a scornful tone, what ill my family had done me, I wasso bent on ruining them? Oh, my dear friend, if it be agreat relief to me to open my heart to you, it is with shameI confe
. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly . ble. I will not deny that I may have actedimprudently. The compromise to which I at first agreedstruck me, on reflection, as so ignoble and dishonorable,that I rushed just as rashly into the opposite extreme. Ifelt, in fact, George, as though I owed this man a repara-tion for having ever thought of stifling his claim; and Icarried this sentiment so far that Sedley asked me one day,in a scornful tone, what ill my family had done me, I wasso bent on ruining them? Oh, my dear friend, if it be agreat relief to me to open my heart to you, it is with shameI confess that I cannot tell you truthfully how weak andunable I often feel to keep straight in the path I haveassigned myself. How, when some doubt of this mansright shoots across me, I hail the hesitation like a blessingfrom heaven. What I w^ould do, what I would endure thathe could not show his claim to be true, I dare not own. Ihave tried to reverse our positions in my own mind, andimagine I was he; but I cannot pursue the thought, for.
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