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 lively sympathy. The depression which had followed on the bishop's cold reception at first, —because it was in such sharp contrast with his extraordinary kindness at his ordination,— quickly passed off when he heard him speak. His heart swelled as he listened to these words, which so clearly and exactly expressed his own thoughts, and strengthened him in the certainty



that he now walked in his Master's footsteps, and was helping to create a kingdom of happiness which the Christian brotherhood would one day spread over the whole earth.



The Provst remained perfectly silent after the bishop's last words. He had eased his mind by his allusion to the bishop's unfortunate political past; and he would not lower himself by a discussion with a person, even a bishop, who, when