? ? ? ? " ' "You don't deserve much consideration, Brunton," I answered. "Your conduct has been most infamous. However, as you have been a long time in the family, I have no wish to bring public disgrace upon you. A month, however. is too long. Take yourself away in a week, and give what reason you like for going."
? ? ? ? " ' "Only a week, sir?" he cried in a despairing voice. "A fortnight -- say at least a fortnight!"
? ? ? ? " ' "A week," I repeated, "and you may consider yourself to have been very leniently dealt with."
? ? ? ? " 'He crept away, his face sunk upon his breast, like a broken man, while I put out the light and returned to my room.
? ? ? ? " 'For two days after this Brunton was most assiduous in his attention to his duties. I made no allusion to what had passed and waited with some curiosity to see how he would cover his disgrace.
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