was yesterday than i could wish but it s my duty to bear i have committed follies gentlemen said looking round with a meek smile and i ought to bear the consequences without a murmur partly of gratification at twenty seven s celestial state of mind and partly of indignation against the who had given him any cause of complaint a note of which was immediately made by mr having subsided twenty seven stood in the midst of us as if he felt himself the principal object of merit in a highly museum that we the might have an excess of light shining upon us all at once orders were given to let out twenty eight i had been so much astonished already that i only felt a kind of resigned wonder when mr walked forth reading a good book the personal history and experience twenty eight said a gentleman in spectacles who had not yet spoken you complained last week my good fellow of the how has it been since i thank you sir said mr it has been better made if i might take the liberty of saying so sir i don t think the milk which is boiled with it is quite genuine but i am aware sir that there is great of milk in london and that the article in a pure state is difficult to be obtained it appeared to me that the gentleman in spectacles backed his twenty eight against mr s twenty seven for each of them took his own man in hand what is your state of mind twenty eight said the in spectacles i thank you sir returned mr i see my follies now sir i am a good deal troubled when i think of the sins of my former companions sir but i trust they may find forgiveness you are quite happy yourself said the nodding encouragement i am much obliged to you sir returned mr perfectly so is there anything at all on your mind now said the if so mention it twenty eight sir said mr without looking up if my eyes have not deceived me there is a gentleman present who was acquainted with me in my former life it may be profitable to that gentleman to know sir that i attribute my past follies entirely to having lived a thoughtless life in the service of young men and to having allowed myself to be led by them into weaknesses which i had not the strength to resist i hope that gentleman will take warning sir and will not be offended at my freedom it is for his good i am conscious of my own past follies i hope he may repent of all the wickedness and sin to which he has been a party i observed that several gentlemen were their eyes each with one hand as if they had just come into church this does you credit twenty eight the i should have expected it of you is there anything else sir returned mr slightly lifting up his eyebrows but not his eyes there was a young woman who fell into courses that i endeavoured to save sir but could not rescue i beg that gentleman if he has it in his power to inform that young woman from me that i forgive her her bad conduct towards myself and that i call her to repentance � if he will be so good i have no doubt twenty eight returned the that the gentleman you refer to feels very strongly � as we all must � what you have so properly said we will not detain you i thank you sir said mr gentlemen i wish you a good day and hoping you and your families will also see your wickedness and with this number twenty eight retired after a glance between him and as if they were not altogether unknown to each other through of david some medium of communication and a murmur went round the group as his door shut upon him that he was a most respectable man and a beautiful case now twenty seven said mr entering on a clear stage with ms man is there anything that any one can do for you if so mention it i would ask sir returned with a jerk of his head for leave to write again to mother it shall certainly be granted said mr thank you sir i am anxious about mother i am afraid she ain t safe somebody asked what from but there was a whisper of hush safe sir returned in the direction of the voice i should wish mother to be got into my state i never should have been got into my present state if i hadn t come here i wish mother had come here it would be better for everybody if they got took up and was brought here this sentiment gave unbounded satisfaction � greater satisfaction i think than anything that had passed yet � before i come here said stealing a look at us as if he would have the outer world to which we belonged if he could i was given to follies but now i am sensible of my follies there s a deal of sin outside there s a deal of sin in mother there s nothing but sin everywhere � except here you are quite changed said mr oh dear yes sir cried this hopeful penitent you wouldn t if you were going out asked somebody else oh de ar no sir well said mr this is very gratifying you have addressed mr twenty seven do you wish to say anything further to him you knew me a long time before i came here and was changed mr said looking at me and a more look i never saw even on his you knew me when in spite of my follies i was among them that was proud and 