He has confessed the whole to me, and he is, I trust, sincerely penitent.

He slept last night on the sofa in my study, and has gone off this morning by the coach.

I have written to his parents stating the whole circumstances under which he was driven to commit the theft, and that although I could not permit him to remain here, I trusted and believed that his repentance was sincere, and that it would be a lesson to him through life, and I urged them to give him a further trial, and not to drive him to desperation by severity.
"There is a lesson which you may all learn from this.

Mather committed these crimes because he had borrowed money which he could not repay.
Most foolishly and mistakenly the woman who supplies you with cakes had lent him money and when he could not repay it according to his promise to her, threatened to report the case to me, and it was to prevent the matter coming to my ears that he took these things.

Let this be a warning to you, boys, through life.