The practical outcome of the foregoing was a conviction in Theobald鈥檚 mind, and if in his, then in Christina鈥檚, that it was their duty to begin training up their children in the way they should go, even from their earliest infancy. The first signs of self-will must be carefully looked for, and plucked up by the roots at once before they had time to grow. Theobald picked up this numb serpent of metaphor and cherished it in his bosom.

If we do not want him to give us the slip we must catch him as he leaves prison.鈥�