Captain Sedley was deeply moved, and they all realized that "the way of the transgressor is hard." The sufferer was kindly conveyed to his home by Captain Sedley, and his father and mother were too glad at his return to reproach him for his conduct.

When he had changed his clothes, and his emotion had in some degree subsided, he confessed his errors, and solemnly promised never to wander from the right path again.

And he was in earnest; he felt all he said in the depths of his soul.

He had suffered intensely during his transgression; and his friends were satisfied that he had not sinned from the love of sin.

He had been led away by Tim Bunker, and bitter had been the consequences of his error.