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CHAPTER IV.
Branwell after his Disappointment--Parallel for his State of Mind in that of Lady Byron--Mrs. Gaskell's Misconceptions--True State of the Case--Charlotte Illustrates it in her Poem of 'Preference'-- She alludes to Branwell's Condition in 'The Professor'--Mrs. Gaskell Compelled to Omit her Account in the Later Editions of her Work--Branwell's Prostration and Ill-health at the Time 53