then robin briefly related that his father was a clergyman, settled on a small salary, at a long distance back in the country, and that he and major molineux were brothers' children. the major, having inherited riches, and acquired civil and military rank, had visited his cousin, in great pomp, a year or two before; had manifested much interest in robin and an elder brother, and, being childless himself, had thrown out hints respecting the future establishment of one of them in life.