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I am a fraud--as little Protestant as Catholic.

I found my friend in straits, and made a bargain with those who were pressing him--" "Do I understand, Brother Copas, that this Petition--of which all the strength lies in its scholarship and wording--is yours, and that on these terms only you have given me so much pain ?" "You may put it so, Master, and I can say no more than 'yes'-- though I might yet plead that something is wrong with St.Hospital, and--" "Something is very wrong with St.Hospital," interrupted the Master gravely.

"This letter--if it come from within our walls--But I after all, as its Master, am ultimately to blame." He paused for a moment and looked up with a sudden winning smile.

"We have both confessed some sins.