And now to our stars that are far away and pure, though who knows but that if one were near to them, they would prove as full of foulness as the earth ?" The Pasteur was right when he said that Madame Riennes would not cease from attempts to do evil to Godfrey, and therefore wrong when he added that the trouble she had caused was finished.

Of this, that young man was made painfully aware, when a fortnight or so later another letter from his father reached him.

It informed him that Mr.Knight had received an anonymous communication which stated that he, Godfrey, was leading an evil life in Lucerne, also that he was being entrapped into a marriage with Mademoiselle Boiset, whom he had been seen embracing behind some rocks.

The letter ended: "Lacking proof, I do not accept these stories as facts, although, as there is no smoke without fire, I think it probable that there is something in them and that you are drifting into undesirable companionships.

At any rate I am sure that the time has come for you to return home and to commence your studies for the Church.