Satisfied that his father would do him justice in spite of his cold,
unfeeling neglect, and bequeath to him the wealth to obtain which he had
sacrificed every human feeling and domestic comfort, Anthony no longer
suffered the humiliating sense of obligation to weigh upon his heart and
depress his spirits, and he cheerfully accepted his uncle's offer to
send him to college to study for the Church.
"Five livings," Godfrey declared, were four too many for any incumbent,
and he would charitably relieve Anthony from some of them, and study for
the same profession. His cousin was grieved at this choice, so unfitted
to the tastes and pursuits of his gay companion; but finding all
remonstrance vain, he ceased to importune him on the subject, hoping that
as time advanced, he would, of his own accord, abandon the idea.
To college, therefore, the lads went; and here the same dissimilarity
marked their conduct as at school. Anthony applied intensely to his
studies, and made rapid progress in mental and moral improvement.
Serious without affectation, and pious without cant, he daily became
more attached to the profession he had chosen, hoping to find through it
a medium by which he could one day restore to the world the talents
which for half a century his father had buried in the dust. Godfrey's
career, on the other hand, was one of folly, dissipation and crime.
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