"Oh, yes, they have. These has been a marked change in the manner of
very many towards me. So apparent was this at one time, that I
absented myself from church, rather than encounter it."

"All your imagination, brother Grant, and nothing else. I believe
that I mingle as freely with the congregation as any one, and I know
that I never heard a breath against you. At present, every one is at
a loss to know in what way Mr. C--pointed you out; he is equally
in the dark."

"I was sure he meant me. It was so plain," said Mr. Grant, his
countenance falling, and his manner becoming subdued.

"There was nothing of the kind, you may depend upon it," replied Mr.
Harrison.

"And you never spoke of it?"

"Never!"

"A guilty conscience, it is said, needs no accuser. The likeness to me
was so strong, that I really thought the picture was sketched from
myself as the original. Ah, me!"

"Had you not better call on Mr. C--?" asked Harrison.

"No, no. See him for me, if you please, and tell him that I am
convinced of my error in supposing he pointed me out in the
congregation. As to the particular allusion that I felt to be
offensive, I hope you will still keep your own counsel. I did wrong,