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174 "You doubt my words," he went on. "I am not offended—I am not surprised at that; indeed, I expected it. But what I say is true. We have different mothers, mine"—with bitterness—"of the people, that I allow—of the people, of the common, base lot, who are dirt under your feet; yours is of the aristocracy, made much of, received in society, in the magic circle from which mine would be shut out. But we have one father; I stand to you in precisely the same relation as does the boy Giles, but I am your elder brother, and should be your adviser and closest friend."