James was hurt, but he persisted.
Nickie was content to have the experiment continue, but he held out no great hopes.

"You know," he said, "this is your scheme, not mine.

You, as it were, forced me to submit.

You said you'd reform me in spite of myself.

Well, I am patient, and you are earnest, but we don't seem to make much progress." For seven weeks the Rev.James Nippit continued experimenting and never once lost faith.
James Nippit's pet work was in connection with his reform movement, the Young Men's Mission, a design for upraising the youths of the larrikin and criminal classes.