At Oxford he had enjoyed the opportunities of private reading which the University afforded in those days of sleepy studies and innocuous examinations.

He delighted in the security of his "oak," and above all things he found pleasure in the society of his one chosen friend.

He was now obliged to exchange these good things for the tumult and discomfort of London.

His father, after clumsily attempting compromises, had forbidden his return to Field Place.

The whole fabric of his former life was broken up.