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           ThisturnedouttobetheHonorableThorntonHancock,ofBoston,ex-ministertoTheHague,authorofaneruditehistoryoftheMiddleAgesandthelastofadistinguished,patriotic,andbrilliantfamily.

           "Hecomeshereforarest,"saidMonsignorconfidentially,treatingAmoryasacontemporary."Iactasanescapefromthewearinessofagnosticism,andIthinkI’mtheonlymanwhoknowshowhisstaidoldmindisreallyatseaandlongsforasturdysparliketheChurchtoclingto."

           TheirfirstluncheonwasoneofthememorableeventsofAmory’searlylife.Hewasquiteradiantandgaveoffapeculiarbrightnessandcharm.Monsignorcalledoutthebestthathehadthoughtbyquestionandsuggestion,andAmorytalkedwithaningeniousbrillianceofathousandimpulsesanddesiresandrepulsionsandfaithsandfears.HeandMonsignorheldthefloor,andtheolderman,withhislessreceptive,lessaccepting,yetcertainlynotcoldermentality,seemedcontenttolistenandbaskinthemellowsunshinethatplayedbetweenthesetwo.Monsignorgavetheeffectofsunlighttomanypeople;Amorygaveitinhisyouthand,tosomeextent,whenhewasverymucholder,butneveragainwasitquitesomutuallyspontaneous.

           "He’saradiantboy,"thoughtThorntonHancock,whohadseenthesplendoroftwocontinentsandtalkedwithParnellandGladstoneandBismarck—andafterwardheaddedtoMonsignor:"Buthiseducationoughtnottobeintrustedtoaschoolorcollege."