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282 from a father, that even his rescue from those ignoble bonds that had held him so long a prisoner, seemed exchanged for others of more galling obligation; the contumacy and pride of Sir Aubrey so far governing the deed, as in stifling the warm feelings of gratitude, would scarcely leave any other than those arising from the contrast of his own littleness with his father's greatness.