his plain good sense that drives away that sort of feeling, for he is
as near heroism in the way of self-sacrifice as a man can be in these
days.'

'Poor Philip! if disappointment can make a hero, it has fallen to his
share. Ah! Guy, you are brightening and looking like one of my young
ladies in hopes of a tale of true love crossed, but it was only love of
a sister.'

'The sister for whom he gave up so much?'

'Yes, his sister Margaret. She was eight or nine years older, very
handsome, very clever, a good deal like him--a pattern elder sister;
indeed, she brought him up in great part after his mother died, and he
was devoted to her. I do believe it made the sacrifice of his
prospects quite easy to him, to know it was for her sake, that she
would live on at Stylehurst, and the change be softened to her. Then
came Fanny's illness, and that lead to the marriage with Dr. Henley.
It was just what no one could object to; he is a respectable man in
full practice, with a large income; but he is much older than she is,
not her equal in mind or cultivation, and though I hardly like to say
so, not at all a religious man. At any rate, Margaret Morville was one
of the last people one could bear to see marry for the sake of an
establishment.'

'Could her brother do nothing?'

'He expostulated with all his might; but at nineteen he could do little
with a determined sister of twenty-seven; and the very truth and power
of his remonstrance must have made it leave a sting. Poor fellow, I