"Here it is, Harry; papa said you were to have it, and consider it well, and let him know, when you had taken time.

You must do it soberly.

It is once for all." Harry's impetuosity was checked, and he took the letter quietly.

His sister put her hand on his shoulder, "Would you mind my kissing you, dear Harry ?" and as he threw his arms round her neck, she whispered, "Pray that you may choose right." He went quietly away, and Norman begged to know what had been Alan Ernescliffe's advice.
"I can scarcely say he gave any direct advice," said Margaret; "He would not have thought that called for.

He said, no doubt there were hardships and temptations, more or less, according to circumstances; but weighing one thing with another, he thought it gave as fair a chance of happiness as other professions, and the discipline and regularity had been very good for himself, as well as for many others he had known.