One by one, the so-called converts left the Jesuit church, and were re-converted with great acclamation.

But when the infection reached their own pupils, their own particular and beloved flock, the priests were in despair; and the very first of their children to leave them, was Christian.

He had been, for some time, tired of the sober and self-denying life which he was obliged to lead; and having gained all the advantages the priests could give him, and knowing that his profession of Protestantism would be hailed with the greatest joy by the new missionaries, he went to them, and so succeeded in persuading them of his sincerity, that he became as great a favourite as he had before been with his old teachers.

The Jesuits, soon after, finding themselves almost entirely abandoned, gave up their mission and left the field to their opponents.

How Christian spent the next few years it is not easy to tell.