My sisters were both married, but neither of their husbands was rich. No
one seemed overjoyed on my return; and I soon discovered that when a
man's relations have once mourned for him as dead, they seldom like the
prospect of having to mourn for him a second time.
Accordingly I returned to London with my wife, and through the assistance
of an old friend supported myself by writing good little stories for the
magazines, and for a tract society. I was well paid; and I trust that I
may not be considered presumptuous in saying that some of the most
popular of the _brochures_ which are distributed in the streets, and
which are to be found in the waiting-rooms of the railway stations, have
proceeded from my pen. During the time that I could spare, I arranged my
notes and diary till they assumed their present shape. There remains
nothing for me to add, save to unfold the scheme which I propose for the
conversion of Erewhon.
That scheme has only been quite recently decided upon as the one which
seems most likely to be successful.
It will be seen at once that it would be madness for me to go with ten or
a dozen subordinate missionaries by the same way as that which led me to
discover Erewhon.
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