lf-restraint, in which his teachers had trusted as the
safeguards that were to preserve him from the foul contact of the world!
Within the last two days only, he had refused to make merciful allowance
for the errors of a man, whose life had been wasted in the sordid
struggle upward from poverty to wealth. And, worse yet, he had cruelly
distressed the poor girl who loved him, at the prompting of those
selfish passions which it was his first and foremost duty to restrain.
The bare remembrance of it was unendurable to him, in his present frame
of mind. With his customary impetuosity, he snatched up the pen, to make
atonement before he went to rest that night. He wrote in few words to
Mr. Farnaby, declaring that he regretted having spoken impatiently and
contemptuously at the interview between them, and expressing the hope
that their experience of each other, in the time to come, might perhaps
lead to acceptable concessions on either side. His letter to Regina
was written, it is needless to say, in warmer terms and at much greater
length: it was the honest outpouring of his love and his penitence. When
the letters were safe in their envelopes he was not satisfied, even yet.
No matter what the hour might be, there was no ease of mind for Amelius,
until he had actually posted his letters. He stole downstairs, and
softly unbolted the door, and hurried away to the nearest letter-box.
When he had let himself in again with his latch-key, his mind was
relieved at last. "Now," he thought, as he lit his bed-room candle, "I
can go to sleep!"

A visit from Rufus was the first event of the day.

The two set to work together to draw out the necessary advertisement
of the lecture. It was well calculated to attract attention in certain
quarters. The announcement addressed itself, in capital letters, to all
honest people who were poor and discontented. "Come, and hear the remedy
which Christian Socialism provides for your troubles, explained to you
by a friend and a brother; and pay no more than sixpence for the
place that you occupy." The necessary information as to time and place
followed this appeal; including the offer of reserved seats at higher
prices. By advice of the secretary, the advertisement was not sent
to any journal having its circulation among the wealthier classes of
society. It appeared prominently in one daily paper and in two weekly
papers; the three possessing an aggregate sale of four hundred thousand
copies. "Assume