The young man was a student in medicine, with fair capacity and an energy which promised to advance him in his profession.

When Marini entered the convent, his brother went to Turkey, where men of his profession were always certain of a good reception, and for a long time was never heard of.

At last, when the missionary was ready to start for a distant mission, he learned that which proved so destructive to his peace of mind.

From Constantinople, his brother had gone to Persia, where he was residing in easy circumstances; but, ambitious of advancement, he had abjured the faith of his fathers and become a follower of Mahommed.
It was a melancholy intelligence, and many were the tears of the good monk.

The first year of his arrival at Hurdwar, he met with a Jewish merchant who had accompanied a Persian caravan.