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The
spiritual
kind
of
rescue
was
a
genuine
need
with
him
.
There
may
be
coarse
hypocrites
,
who
consciously
affect
beliefs
and
emotions
for
the
sake
of
gulling
the
world
,
but
Bulstrode
was
not
one
of
them
.
He
was
simply
a
man
whose
desires
had
been
stronger
than
his
theoretic
beliefs
,
and
who
had
gradually
explained
the
gratification
of
his
desires
into
satisfactory
agreement
with
those
beliefs
.
If
this
be
hypocrisy
,
it
is
a
process
which
shows
itself
occasionally
in
us
all
,
to
whatever
confession
we
belong
,
and
whether
we
believe
in
the
future
perfection
of
our
race
or
in
the
nearest
date
fixed
for
the
end
of
the
world
;
whether
we
regard
the
earth
as
a
putrefying
nidus
for
a
saved
remnant
,
including
ourselves
,
or
have
a
passionate
belief
in
the
solidarity
of
mankind
.
The
service
he
could
do
to
the
cause
of
religion
had
been
through
life
the
ground
he
alleged
to
himself
for
his
choice
of
action
:
it
had
been
the
motive
which
he
had
poured
out
in
his
prayers
.
Who
would
use
money
and
position
better
than
he
meant
to
use
them
?
Who
could
surpass
him
in
self
-
abhorrence
and
exaltation
of
God
’
s
cause
?
And
to
Mr
.
Bulstrode
God
’
s
cause
was
something
distinct
from
his
own
rectitude
of
conduct
:
it
enforced
a
discrimination
of
God
’
s
enemies
,
who
were
to
be
used
merely
as
instruments
,
and
whom
it
would
be
as
well
if
possible
to
keep
out
of
money
and
consequent
influence
.
Also
,
profitable
investments
in
trades
where
the
power
of
the
prince
of
this
world
showed
its
most
active
devices
,
became
sanctified
by
a
right
application
of
the
profits
in
the
hands
of
God
’
s
servant
.
This
implicit
reasoning
is
essentially
no
more
peculiar
to
evangelical
belief
than
the
use
of
wide
phrases
for
narrow
motives
is
peculiar
to
Englishmen
.
There
is
no
general
doctrine
which
is
not
capable
of
eating
out
our
morality
if
unchecked
by
the
deep
-
seated
habit
of
direct
fellow
-
feeling
with
individual
fellow
-
men
.
But
a
man
who
believes
in
something
else
than
his
own
greed
,
has
necessarily
a
conscience
or
standard
to
which
he
more
or
less
adapts
himself
.
Bulstrode
’
s
standard
had
been
his
serviceableness
to
God
’
s
cause
:
"
I
am
sinful
and
nought
—
a
vessel
to
be
consecrated
by
use
—
but
use
me
!
"
—
had
been
the
mould
into
which
he
had
constrained
his
immense
need
of
being
something
important
and
predominating
.
And
now
had
come
a
moment
in
which
that
mould
seemed
in
danger
of
being
broken
and
utterly
cast
away
.
What
if
the
acts
he
had
reconciled
himself
to
because
they
made
him
a
stronger
instrument
of
the
divine
glory
,
were
to
become
the
pretext
of
the
scoffer
,
and
a
darkening
of
that
glory
?
If
this
were
to
be
the
ruling
of
Providence
,
he
was
cast
out
from
the
temple
as
one
who
had
brought
unclean
offerings
.
He
had
long
poured
out
utterances
of
repentance
.
But
today
a
repentance
had
come
which
was
of
a
bitterer
flavor
,
and
a
threatening
Providence
urged
him
to
a
kind
of
propitiation
which
was
not
simply
a
doctrinal
transaction
.
The
divine
tribunal
had
changed
its
aspect
for
him
;
self
-
prostration
was
no
longer
enough
,
and
he
must
bring
restitution
in
his
hand
.
It
was
really
before
his
God
that
Bulstrode
was
about
to
attempt
such
restitution
as
seemed
possible
:
a
great
dread
had
seized
his
susceptible
frame
,
and
the
scorching
approach
of
shame
wrought
in
him
a
new
spiritual
need
.
Night
and
day
,
while
the
resurgent
threatening
past
was
making
a
conscience
within
him
,
he
was
thinking
by
what
means
he
could
recover
peace
and
trust
—
by
what
sacrifice
he
could
stay
the
rod
.
His
belief
in
these
moments
of
dread
was
,
that
if
he
spontaneously
did
something
right
,
God
would
save
him
from
the
consequences
of
wrong
-
doing
.
For
religion
can
only
change
when
the
emotions
which
fill
it
are
changed
;
and
the
religion
of
personal
fear
remains
nearly
at
the
level
of
the
savage
.
He
had
seen
Raffles
actually
going
away
on
the
Brassing
coach
,
and
this
was
a
temporary
relief
;
it
removed
the
pressure
of
an
immediate
dread
,
but
did
not
put
an
end
to
the
spiritual
conflict
and
the
need
to
win
protection
.
At
last
he
came
to
a
difficult
resolve
,
and
wrote
a
letter
to
Will
Ladislaw
,
begging
him
to
be
at
the
Shrubs
that
evening
for
a
private
interview
at
nine
o
’
clock
.
Will
had
felt
no
particular
surprise
at
the
request
,
and
connected
it
with
some
new
notions
about
the
"
Pioneer
;
"
but
when
he
was
shown
into
Mr
.
Bulstrode
’
s
private
room
,
he
was
struck
with
the
painfully
worn
look
on
the
banker
’
s
face
,
and
was
going
to
say
,
"
Are
you
ill
?
"
when
,
checking
himself
in
that
abruptness
,
he
only
inquired
after
Mrs
.
Bulstrode
,
and
her
satisfaction
with
the
picture
bought
for
her
.
"
Thank
you
,
she
is
quite
satisfied
;
she
has
gone
out
with
her
daughters
this
evening
.
I
begged
you
to
come
,
Mr
.
Ladislaw
,
because
I
have
a
communication
of
a
very
private
—
indeed
,
I
will
say
,
of
a
sacredly
confidential
nature
,
which
I
desire
to
make
to
you
.
Nothing
,
I
dare
say
,
has
been
farther
from
your
thoughts
than
that
there
had
been
important
ties
in
the
past
which
could
connect
your
history
with
mine
.
"
Will
felt
something
like
an
electric
shock
.
He
was
already
in
a
state
of
keen
sensitiveness
and
hardly
allayed
agitation
on
the
subject
of
ties
in
the
past
,
and
his
presentiments
were
not
agreeable
.
