At no other period of our lives were we so disunited.

I felt in myself the reverse of everything I perceived in him, and such letters as I wrote to the squire consequently had a homelier tone.

It seems that I wrote of the pleasures of simple living--of living for learning's sake.

Mr.Peterborough at the same time despatched praises of my sobriety of behaviour and diligent studiousness, confessing that I began to outstrip him in some of the higher branches.

The squire's brief reply breathed satisfaction, but too evidently on the point where he had been led to misconceive the state of affairs.