"My Dear Sir, "I am sorry my absence from Cambridge may have made me appear neglectful in answering your letter, but I have some consolation in thinking that you will not have suffered by the delay. As far as I am concerned, in my character of examiner, it is impossible that I could ever entertain any idea of subjecting a gentleman with whose talents and good qualities I am so well acquainted as I am with yours, to any examination except one as a matter of form, for which a verse in the Greek Testament, and an Article of the Church of England returned into Latin will be amply sufficient. With regard to the doctrinal part of the examination, that is taken by the Bishop himself, but it is confined entirely to the prepared questions, which are a test of opinions, not of scholarship. This information, then, will, I trust, be satisfactorily, and will leave you at liberty to pursue your theological studies in that course which you yourself prefer, and which I am confident will be a good one. I really am unable to say whether the Bishop of Peterbro' requires a certificate of the Divinity Lectures or not, but I know that he does not in all cases make it a _sine qua non_; at any rate, I think you had better send for it, as it will give the professor but very little trouble to forward it under cover to your father. "If I can be of the least service in answering any other queries, or in any other way whatever, I beg you will, at any time, give me a line; and believe me, my dear Sir, "Yours very sincerely, "T. S. Hughes. "I shall not be in Camb. till the beginning of next month."] {101} BOOK II. _F. Ignatius, an Anglican Minister._ {102} {103} BOOK II. _F. Ignatius, an Anglican Minister._ CHAPTER I. He Is Ordained, And Enters On His Clerical Duties.