said Benjamin dully . `` Yes , '' said Braithwaite softly . Benjamin turned on him with sudden passion . `` I hate you -- and I am the most miserable wretch alive , but if she is happy , it is no matter about me . You 've won easily what I 've slaved and toiled all my life for . You wo n't value it as I 'd have done -- but if you make her happy , nothing else matters . I 've only one favour to ask of you . Do n't let her come to the shore after this . I ca n't stand it . '' August throbbed and burned itself out . Affairs along shore continued as usual . Benjamin shut his sorrow up in himself and gave no outward sign of suffering . As if to mock him , the season was one of phenomenal prosperity ; it was a `` mackerel year '' to be dated from . He worked hard and unceasingly , sparing himself in no way . Braithwaite seldom came to the shore now . Mary Stella never . Mr. Murray had tried to speak of the matter , but Benjamin would not let him . `` It 's best that nothing be said , '' he told him with simple dignity . He was so calm that Mr. Murray thought he did not care greatly , and was glad of it . The older man regretted the turn of affairs .
Braithwaite would take his daughter far away from him , XXXXX his sister had been taken , and he loved Benjamin as his own son .
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