to do the same.
Possessed of an ample fortune, which Montagu was to inherit, he troubled
himself with none of the deep mysteries of life, and:

Pampered the coward heart
With feelings all too delicate for use
Nursing in some delicious solitude
His dainty loves and slothful sympathies.

But Montagu in Edwin's sick-room and by his death-bed; in the terrible
storm at the Stack, and by contact with Dr Rowlands's earnestness, and
Mr Rose's deep, unaffected, sorrow-mingled piety; by witnessing Eric's
failures and recoveries; and by beginning to take in his course the same
heartfelt interest which Edwin taught him--Montagu, in consequence of
these things, had begun to see another side of life, which awoke all his
dormant affections and profoundest reasonings. It seemed as though, for
the first time, he began to catch some of

The still sad music of humanity,

and to listen with deep eagerness to the strain. Hitherto, to be well
dressed, handsome, agreeable, rich, and popular, had been to him a
realised ideal of life; but now he awoke to higher and worthier aims;
and once, when Russell, whose intelligent interest in his work exceeded
that of any other boy, had pointed out to him that solemn
question--[Here appears a three-line Greek quotation] he had entered
into its meaning with wonderful vividness. So that, without losing any
of that winning gracefulness of address which made him so great a
favourite with the school, it became evident to all that he combined
with it a touching earnestness. Sometimes when he read the Bible to
Edwin he began to wonder at his past ignorance and selfishness, and
humbly hope for better things. All that night of death he had truer
comfort than Eric--for he cast his cares on God; more calm than Eric--
for he fixed his hopes on the Son of God; greater strength granted him
than Eric--because he had learned not to rely upon his own; less fear
and torment than Eric--because he laid the burden of his sins before the
cross, and, as a child, believed in their forgiveness for His sake who
died thereon.

The holidays were approaching. Eric, to escape as much as possible from
his sorrow, plunged into the excitement of working for the examination,
and rapidly made up for lost ground. He now spent most of his time with
the best of his friends, particularly Montagu, Owen, and Upton; for
Upton, like himself, had been much sobered by sorrow at their loss.
This time he came out _second_ in