"My good brother, you are mistaken there, I can assure you. Time and again have I known him tell falsehoods when he got into a scrape; many is the time he has coaxed and teased, till he got us children into mischief--he was a great tease, you know--"
"Not more so than most boys," interposed the doctor.
"And after he had got us into trouble, I remember perfectly, that he would not acknowledge it was his fault. Oh, no; you could not by any means depend upon what he said."
"Quite silent:" both brother and sister were in unison here, at last.
"He was good-looking, you think, Mrs. Lawson?"
"Oh, yes, good-looking, certainly," replied the lady.
"Rather good-looking; but when he was last at home, his features had grown somewhat coarse, and his expression was altered for the worse," said the doctor.
"He was free with his money, I believe?"
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