The Refugees - A Tale of Two Continents #263471

From the side of how it would effect himself, that it had never struck him that his long suffering family, who had always yielded to him the absolute obedience which he claimed as his right, would venture to offer any opposi tion to his new resolution. He was surprised, therefore, when his brother demanded a private interview that afternoon, and entered his presence without the complaisant smile and humble air with which he was wont to appear before him.