Ihavealreadymorethanoncespokenofthedisgustingairofpatronagewhichheassumedtowardme，andofhisfrequentofficiousinterferencewithymywill。Thisinterferenceoftentooktheungraciouscharacterofadvice；advicenotopenlygiven，buthintedorinsinuated。IreceiveditwitharepugnancewhichgainedstrengthasIgrewinyears。Yet，atthisdistantday，letmedohimthesimplejusticetoacknowledgethatIcanrecallnooccasionwhenthesuggestionsofmyrivalwereonthesideofthoseerrorsorfolliessousualtohisimmatureageandseeminginexperience；thathismoralsense，atleast，ifnothisgeneraltalentsandworldlywisdom，wasfarkeenerthanmyown；andthatImight，to-day，havebeenabetter，andthusahappierman，hadIlessfrequentlyrejectedthecounselsembodiedinthosemeaningwhisperswhichIthenbuttoocordiallyhatedandtoobitterlydespised。
Asitwas，Iatlengthgrewrestiveintheextremeunderhisdistastefulsupervision，anddailyresentedmoreandmoreopenlywhatIconsideredhisintolerablearrogance。Ihavesaidthat，inthefirstyearsofourconnexionasschoolmates，myfeelingsinregardtohimmighthavebeeneasilyripenedintofriendship：but，inthelattermonthsofmyresidenceattheacademy，althoughtheintrusionofhisordinarymannerhad，beyonddoubt，insomemeasure，abated，mysentiments，innearlysimilarproportion，partookverymuchofpositivehatred。Upononeoccasionhesawthis，Ithink，andafterwardsavoided，ormadeashowofavoidingme。
Itwasaboutthesameperiod，ifIrememberaright，that，inanaltercationofviolencewithhim，inwhichhewasmorethanusuallythrownoffhisguard，andspokeandactedwithanopennessofdemeanorratherforeigntohisnature，Idiscovered，orfanciedI
discovered，inhisaccent，hisair，andgeneralappearance，asomethingwhichfirststartled，andthendeeplyinterestedme，bybringingtominddimvisionsofmyearliestinfancywild，confusedandthrongingmemoriesofatimewhenmemoryherselfwasyetunborn。
IcannotbetterdescribethesensationwhichoppressedmethanbysayingthatIcouldwithdifficultyshakeoffthebeliefofmyhavingbeenacquaintedwiththebeingwhostoodbeforeme，atsomeepochverylongagosomepointofthepasteveninfinitelyremote。Thedelusion，however，fadedrapidlyasitcame；andImentionitatallbuttodefinethedayofthelastconversationIthereheldwithmysingularnamesake。