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long as you can get what you aim at. It will be right 

 if crowned by success. 



" Craftiness and shame from all conditions rise. 

 "Act well your part, there all the success * lies." 



Parodied from Pope. 



Night came and my visitors left, and nothing but 

 empty bottles, but as a compensation my head full 

 of fragments of conversation that were revolving in 

 my brain as to suggest to me what I should do to 

 elucidate the darkness of my ideas in reference to our 

 visitors. 



The following week one of the two (my old ac- 

 quaintance) came and gave me explanations about their 

 meetings, etc. Shortly after they came together again 

 or separately, I am not positive they were three, one, 

 the third, was, I suppose, a companion some asso- 

 ciate of the young Loyola, as I have always understood 

 Jesuits do, having so much confidence in each other's 

 uprightness.... As customary with gardeners who 

 always want to keep their ideas damp lest they should 



wilt I brought some wine, then, talk about plants, 



principles, morality, etc., etc. At once, as quick as 

 lightning, our Loyola had a large clumsy -looking pipe 

 in his hand and filling it with tobacco 1 Need I telling 

 you that I felt somewhat queer ^ quirer ! even a little 

 mad ! and I foresaw a coming storm but the flash 



* Honor is of no account in priestcraft affairs 1 



