The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
Still, without petulance, but in an emphatic manner, he replied,--  'I have considered your friendship always as disinterested, and as such I have felt and cherished the sense of gratitude which it naturally inspired; but I frankly confess, that, had I any reason to believe it was less so than I hope it is, I doubt I should be unable to feel exactly as I have hitherto felt.'