CHAPTER XII.
FRED NEVILLE MAKES A PROMISE.
Fred Neville felt that he had not received from his brother the assistance or sympathy which he had required.

He had intended to make a very generous offer,--not indeed quite understanding how his offer could be carried out, but still of a nature that should, he thought, have bound his brother to his service.

But Jack had simply answered him by sermons;--by sermons and an assurance of the impracticability of his scheme.

Nevertheless he was by no means sure that his scheme was impracticable.

He was at least sure of this,--that no human power could force him to adopt a mode of life that was distasteful to him.