He felt his dependence in a way he had not foreseen; the very clothes he wore, then fresh from the tailor's, seemed to be the gift of charity, and their stiffness shamed him.

A man of the world, Sir Job could make allowance for these defects.

He understood that the truest kindness would be to leave a youth such as this to the forming influences of the College.

So Godwin barely had a glimpse of Lady Whitelaw in her husband's study, and thereafter for many months he saw nothing of his benefactors.

Subsequently he was twice invited to interviews with Sir Job, who talked with kindness and commendation.