Chapter XXXV

           HedidnotleaveforCambridgethenextday,ashehadsaidhewould. Hedeferredhisdepartureawholeweek,andduringthattimehemademefeelwhatseverepunishmentagoodyetstern,aconscientiousyetimplacablemancaninflictononewhohasoffendedhim. Withoutoneovertactofhostility,oneupbraidingword,hecontrivedtoimpressmemomentlywiththeconvictionthatIwasputbeyondthepaleofhisfavour. 

           NotthatSt.Johnharbouredaspiritofunchristianvindictivenessnotthathewouldhaveinjuredahairofmyhead,ifithadbeenfullyinhispowertodoso. Bothbynatureandprinciple,hewassuperiortothemeangratificationofvengeance:hehadforgivenmeforsayingIscornedhimandhislove,buthehadnotforgottenthewords;andaslongasheandIlivedheneverwouldforgetthem. Isawbyhislook,whenheturnedtome,thattheywerealwayswrittenontheairbetweenmeandhim;wheneverIspoke,theysoundedinmyvoicetohisear,andtheirechotonedeveryanswerhegaveme. 

           Hedidnotabstainfromconversingwithme:heevencalledmeasusualeachmorningtojoinhimathisdesk; andIfearthecorruptmanwithinhimhadapleasureunimpartedto,andunsharedby,thepureChristian,inevincingwithwhatskillhecould,whileactingandspeakingapparentlyjustasusual,extractfromeverydeedandeveryphrasethespiritofinterestandapprovalwhichhadformerlycommunicatedacertainausterecharmtohislanguageandmanner. 

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