“Ah! and has it been a success?”
“In teaching I have learnt.”
Vellacott merely nodded his head.
“Do you know why I sent for you?” continued the missionary.
“No.”
“I sent for you in order to tell you that I burnt that letter at Audierne.”
“I came to that conclusion, for it never arrived.”
“I want you to forgive me.”
Vellacott laughed.
“I never thought of it again,” he replied heartily.