so to his own condition it would have made but little impression npon him and this was not very in its application he was by no means without hope he had come to full of hope though disappointed at its not having been already exchanged for certainty he had good hope of inspiring john with confidence in his social position and consequently of obtaining his consent to marry the woman who had now become indispensable to his happiness he had even some hope of yet a portion of his father s great estate he could not be accused of spiritual ambition any sort of hope than that of being in a position to enjoy himself thoroughly bad never entered into his mind just now however he was far from enjoying himself he was a prey to anxiety and any opportunity of forgetting it was welcome to him hot without an to he interested therefore he reflected npon these words which seemed rather to have been spoken in his ear aloud than merely to have caught his eye he had already shut the book with contemptuous impatience but he found himself nevertheless repeating having no hope and without god in the world and pondering upon their mean ing he wondered at himself for taking the trouble to do so but if he didn t do that his thoughts would he knew be even less pleasantly occupied so he let them slip into this novel channel how could a man be without god in the world if god was every where as he had somewhere seen or heard stated and wliich ho believed to be the it was one of the objections against the bible was his tion tliat it was self contradictory in its and distinct only in its of wrath here was a case in point and one which might justly be taken up by a fellow if it was worth while as for himself he was no hall might have clasped him to her breast and would npon that ground he was to the name of the creator whenever he wished to be particularly e but for any other purpose he had never named it with his lips even as a child his mother had never hun to do so she had never spoken to bin on religious subjects except in humorous connection with the heads of the two to which her first husband had belonged � and if the expression without god in the world meant the living in it without the practice of religion it certainly did have an application to himself but also to every one else with whom he was acquainted of course he had known people who went lo men of his own age whom their parents com to do so and who envied him the liberty e enjoyed in that respect and the poor folks at went to chapel bnt even there shrewd fellows like and solomon not trouble themselves to do so true harry bnt then women unless they were clever like his own mother always did go to hear the as a were he had met one or two of them in town under circumstances that showed they had really no more nonsense about them than other people but in the pulpit they were bound to cant look at mr for instance � the best specimen of them by the by he in the bone had ever � who could that his mind was set upon the main chance to what and did he submit him f for the sake of his own nest i and how he had counted npon that of which the squire had so cruelly disappointed him talk of religion there was himself with thirty thousand a year and did not spend a shilling of it on religion i true ho kept a only as a check upon his steward to manage hi estate for him if there was really any thing i it would not a rich man like him have put aside a portion of his wealth by way of � against fire here chuckled to himself it was all rubbish these and things lie would dress himself and go out and take a walk although it was so early he had heard in the as though somebody was so he rang the bell it was hy a sleepy and personage whom he scarcely recognized for the night whose du it was to watch while others slept and who had him a bed candle not many hours what up mv man said richard yes sir the mom ng ma has but just we had a passenger i v it i put him in the room under ou but he seemed a quiet one and i didn t a disturbed you he did not said richard i have been awake all ni t and never so much as him can i have some hot water not yet sir i m afraid e s no fire alight at present i can get you some sir no no answered richard smiling i sha n t want that and as for the hot water i can do without it but now you re here just tell me for i am quite a stranger to town isn t that high and he pointed to the object in question the that s it ah if the morning was but a little you would have a lovely view from this here window � half the town and a good of harbor i there s a splendid building out to the left there if the clouds would but lift a little that s the county jail sir indeed said richard carelessly and turned away just my boots down with yon as i shall want them as soon as yoa can get them cleaned the man did as he was bid directly he bad left the richard pulled down the and staggered to a 