But go on, and it will all be clear.'
The Rector was at first anxious to wait for definite sanction from
the father; but as Mr. Audley was sure of the permission he had
received, and no letter could be had for several months, he agreed to
examine the lad, and write to the Bishop--a new Bishop, who had been
appointed within the last year, and who was coming in the spring for
a Confirmation.
Mr. Bevan was really delighted with the catechumen, and wrote warmly
of him. The reply was, that if the Baptism could take place the day
before the Confirmation, which was to be in a month's time, the
Bishop himself would like to be present, and the youth could be
confirmed the next day. There was much that was convenient in this,
for it gave time for Fernando to make progress in moving about. He
had made a start within the last week or two, was trying to use
crutches, and had been out on fine days in a chair; and once or twice
Lady Price had taken him for a drive, though she had never thought of
doing so by Geraldine. The doctor said that change of air would
probably quite restore his health; and he had only to wait to be a
little less dependent before he was to go to a tutor, an old friend
of the Audley family.
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