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END OF PART I
PART II
"Sed revocare gradum."--VIRGIL.
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CHAPTER I
ABDIEL
[Greek: Phtheirousin aethae chraesth' omiliai kakai].--MENANDEB.
A year had passed since the events narrated in the last chapter, and had
brought with it many changes.
To Eric the changes were not for good. The memories of Russell were
getting dim; the resolutions made during his illness had vanished; the
bad habits laid aside after his death had been resumed. AH this took
place very gradually; there were many inward struggles, much occasional
remorse, but the struggles by degrees grew weaker, and remorse lost its
sting, and Eric Williams soon learned again to follow the multitude
to do evil.
He was now sixteen years old, and high in the fifth form, and, besides
this, he was captain of the school eleven. In work he had fallen off and
no one now expected the fulfilment of that promise of genius which he
had given when he first came. But in all school sports he had improved,
and was the acknowledged leader and champion in matters requiring
boldness and courage.
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