A private tutor, heavily paid, took him in hand, but was no more successful with him than the schoolmasters had been.

At the age of eighteen he was found unfit to pass any of the examinations which open the way to gentlemanly employment.

Various jobs were found for him by his desponding parents, but on every occasion he was returned to them politely.

He drifted at last into an Irish land-agent's office.

Mr.Tempest was a successful man of business, and managed estates in various parts of the country from his Dublin office.