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But let me not conceal the truth. In the uncertain future that lies
before us, I have no one to depend on but myself. Penrose is no longer
to be trusted; and the exertions of the agent to whom I committed my
inquiries are exertions that have failed.
I will dispose of the case of Penrose first.
The zeal with which this young man has undertaken the work of conversion
intrusted to him has, I regret to say, not been fired by devotion to
the interests of the Church, but by a dog-like affection for Romayne.
Without waiting for my permission, Penrose has revealed himself in his
true character as a priest. And, more than this, he has not only
refused to observe the proceedings of Romayne and Miss Eyrecourt--he has
deliberately closed his ears to the confidence which Romayne wished to
repose in him, on the ground that I might have ordered him to repeat
that confidence to me.
To what use can we put this poor fellow's ungovernable sense of honor
and gratitude? Under present circumstances, he is clearly of little use
to us. I have therefore given him time to think.


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