My suspicions were confirmed by the manner in which my request affected him.

After some pause, in which his countenance betrayed every mark of perplexity, he said to me, "Why would you pay this visit?
What useful purpose can it serve ?" "We are preparing," said I, "to leave the country forever: What kind of being should I be to leave behind me a brother in calamity without even a parting interview?
Indulge me for three minutes in the sight of him.
My heart will be much easier after I have looked at him, and shed a few tears in his presence." "I believe otherwise.

The sight of him would only augment your distress, without contributing, in any degree, to his benefit." "I know not that," returned I."Surely the sympathy of his sister, proofs that her tenderness is as lively as ever, must be a source of satisfaction to him.

At present he must regard all mankind as his enemies and calumniators.

His sister he, probably, conceives to partake in the general infatuation, and to join in the cry of abhorrence that is raised against him.