Henry had received in his life many insults from his brother; but,
as he was not a vain man, he generally thought his brother in the
right, and consequently submitted with patience; but, though he had
little self-love, he had for his wife an unbounded affection. On
the present occasion, therefore, he began to raise his voice, and
even (in the coarse expression of clownish anger) to lift his hand;
but the sudden and affecting recollection of what he had done for
the dean--of the pains, the toils, the hopes, and the fears he had
experienced when soliciting his preferment--this recollection
overpowered his speech, weakened his arm, and deprived him of every
active force, but that of flying out of his brother's house (in
which they then were) as swift as lightning, while the dean sat
proudly contemplating "that he had done his duty."

For several days Henry did not call, as was his custom, to see his
brother. William's marriage drew near, and he sent a formal card to
invite him on that day; but not having had the condescension to name
his sister-in-law in the invitation, Henry thought proper not to
accept it, and the joyful event was celebrated without his presence.
But the ardour of the bridegroom was not so vehement as to overcome
every other sensation--he missed his brother. That heartfelt
cheerfulness with which Henry had ever given him joy upon every
happy occasion--even amidst all the politer congratulations of his
other friends--seemed to the dean mournfully wanting. This
derogation from his felicity he was resolved to resent; and for a
whole year these brothers, whom adversity had entwined closely
together, prosperity separated.

Though Henry, on his marriage, paid so much attention to his
brother's prejudices as to take his wife from her public employment,