"Do not, my dear ward, think me harsh; my friendship for you gives me
courage to inflict present pain, with a view to your future advantage.
You must not expect to see any thing of your friend Henry until you
return to us. I shall, as his father and your guardian, request that he
will trust implicitly to my prudence upon this occasion; that he will
make no inquiries concerning you; and that he will abstain from all
connexion with you whilst you absent yourself from your friends. You
cannot live amongst the vulgar (by the vulgar I mean the ill-educated,
the ignorant, those who have neither noble sentiments nor agreeable
manners), and at the same time enjoy the pleasures of cultivated society.
I shall wait, not without anxiety, till your choice be decided.

"Believe me to be

"Your sincere friend and guardian,

"H. CAMPBELL."

As soon as Dr. Campbell had despatched this letter, he returned to the
company. The ladies, after breakfast, proceeded to the charity-school;
but Henry was so anxious to learn what was become of his friend Forester,
that he could scarcely enjoy the effects of his own benevolent exertions.
It was with difficulty, such as he had never before experienced, that Dr.
Campbell obtained from him the promise to suspend all intercourse with
Forester. Henry's first impulse, when he read the letter, which his
father now found it prudent to show him, was to search for his friend
instantly. "I am sure," said he, "I shall be able to find him out; and if
I can but see him, and speak to him, I know I could prevail upon him to
return to us."