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not bound to betray himself; that it was
one thing to tell falsehoods, and another
to say nothing; that he had made up his
mind never to offend in like manner
again; and, as for punishment, he had
already suffered more than he deserved.
These, and similar thoughts, rushed across
his mind in far less time than it requires
to recount them; and the result was, that
when Dr. Young again addressed him, he
found him in a state of mind widely dif-
ferent from that which he had manifested
before the interruption. To all his earn-
est entreaties to him not to conceal the
truth, and his warnings of the danger of
doing so, he made no reply. He with-
drew himself into obstinate reserve, that
iron frontier of a boy’s heart which it is
so difficult to pass, and which all, who
are familiar with them, must frequently