In this respect it presents to me no difficulty of any sort, nor demands the least sacrifice.

But the new relations in which it will place me, and the new duties which will be required of me, are strange to me, and hence I shall feel all their weight at once." His premonitions were speedily fulfilled, though probably not in the extreme form which he anticipated.

The spirit of courtesy which prevailed throughout his family doubtless prevented any but the mildest criticism on his action.

But even that had hitherto been spared him.

There had been anxiety and much questioning about his final course, but that it would end in this way does not seem to have been seriously apprehended.