You have, I presume, made up your mind to go into the Church in accordance with my wish ?" "No, Father; I do not intend to become a clergyman." "Indeed.

You seem to me to have fallen under very bad influences in Switzerland.

However, it does not much matter, as I intend that you shall." "I am sorry, but I cannot, Father." Then, within such limits as his piety permitted, which were sufficiently wide, Mr.Knight lost his temper very badly indeed.

He attacked his son, suggesting that he had been leading an evil life in Lucerne, as he had learned "from outside sources," and declared that either he should obey him or be cast off.

Godfrey, whose temper by this time was also rising, intimated that he preferred the latter alternative.
"What, then, do you intend to do, young man ?" asked Mr.Knight.
"I do not know yet, Father." Then an inspiration came to him, and he added, "I shall go to London to-morrow to consult my trustees under Miss Ogilvy's will." "Really," said Mr.Knight in a rage.