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But the characteristics of the elder man are exaggerated in the younger.
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The elder man stood, saying gravely as he went to the door:
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The elder man pointed with contemptuous significance to the sunshade before him.
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The question, long-looked-for as it was, found the elder man all unprepared.
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The elder man laughed, slapping him on the shoulder with hearty force.
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As yet, the soldier had held himself off from the elder man.
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Darrell inquired, wondering at the pleasurable excitement in the elder man's tones.
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As he talked the elder man subjected him to a careful scrutiny.
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It was simply hypnotism, mesmerism, said the elder man when he concluded.
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And he recognized him, even before the elder man turned and spoke.
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Being quite near-sighted the elder man had not discovered Dan's sudden emotion.
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His intelligence evidently accepted the elder man's argument, but something instinctive revolted.
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The elder man lay back and looked at him with half-closed eyes.
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He felt the natural hostility between himself and the elder man.
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The young prince looked wistfully upward into the eyes of the elder man.
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Rising at once, and speaking in a deferential voice, the elder man said:
