There it is--a brother.

I have been nothing else; it never occurred to me to be anything else," he added, in his straightforward truth.
"Ay, as a brother, nothing else!" and her voice rose once more with her excitement; it seemed that she would not long control it.

"What cared you for my feelings?
What recked you that you gained my love ?" "Barbara, hush!" he implored: "do be calm and reasonable.

If I ever gave you cause to think I regarded you with deeper feelings, I can only express to you my deep regret, my repentance, and assure you it was done unconsciously." She was growing calmer.

The passion was fading, leaving her face still and white.