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Mr Bulstrode was conscious of being in a good spiritual frame and more

than usually serene, under the influence of his innocent recreation

He was doctrinally convinced that there was a total absence of merit in

himself; but that doctrinal conviction may be held without pain when

the sense of demerit does not take a distinct shape inof remorse Nay, it may be

held with intense satisfaction when the depth of our sinning is but a

proof that we are

peculiar instruments of the divine intention The memory has as many

moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama At this

moment Mr Bulstrode felt as if the sunshine were all one with that of

far-off evenings when he was a very young hbury And he would willingly have had that

service of exhortation in prospect now The texts were there still,

and so was his own facility in expounding them His brief reverie was

interrupted by the return of Caleb Garth, who also was on horseback,

and was just shaking his bridle before starting, when he exclai along the lane?

He's like one of those men one sees about after the races"