tor.] "Mr. Momson, though he is quite
incapable of seeing the meaning of anything, has determined to take his
boy away. She may thank me at any rate for that. I have heard that Lady
Anne Clifford's two boys will both leave." [In one sense she had heard it,
because the suggestion had been made by herself at Buttercup.] "I do hope
that Mr. Talbot's dear little boy will not be allowed to return to such
contamination as that! Fancy,--the man and the woman living there in that
way together; and the Doctor keeping the woman on after he knew it all!
It is really so horrible that one doesn't know how to talk about it. When
the Bishop was at Buttercup I really felt almost obliged to be silent.

"I know very well that Mrs. Talbot is always ready to take your advice.
As for him, men very often do not think so much about these things as they
ought. But he will not like his boy to be nearly the only one left at the
school. I have not heard of one who is to remain for certain. How can it
be possible that any boy who has a mother should be allowed to remain
there?

"Do think of this, and do your best. I need not tell you that nothing
ought to be so dear to us as a high tone of morals.--Most sincerely yours,

"JULIANA STANTILOUP."

We need not pursue this letter further than to say that when it reached
Mr. Talbot's hands, which it did through his wife, he spoke of Mrs.
Stantiloup in language which shocked his wife considerably, though she was
not altogether unaccustomed to strong language on his part. Mr. Talbot
and the Doctor had been at school together, and at Oxford, and were
friends.

I will give now a letter that was written by the Doctor to Mr. Momson in
answer to one in which that gentleman signified his intention of taking
little Gus away from the school.

"MY DEAR MR. MOMSON,--After what you have said, of course I shall not
expect your boy back after the holidays. Tell his mamma, with my
compliments, that he shall take all his things home with him. As a rule I
do charge for a quarter in advance when a boy is taken away suddenly,
without notice, and apparently without cause. But I shall not do so at
the present moment either to you or to any parent who may withdraw his
son. A circumstance has happened which, though it cannot impair the
utility of my school, and ought not to injure its character, may still be
held as giving offence to certain persons. I will not be driven to alter
my conduct by what I be