To those two letters of Mark's, the Rector replied as follows:
The Rectory,
Wych-on-the-Wold,
Oxon.
June 29th.
My dear Mark,
I cannot say frankly that I approve of your monastic scheme. I
should have liked an opportunity to talk it over with you first of
all, and I cannot congratulate you on your good manners in going
off like that without any word. Although you are technically
independent now, I think it would be a great mistake to sink your
small capital of L500 in the Order of St. George, and you can't
very well make use of them to pass the next two or three years
without contributing anything.
The other objection to your scheme is that you may not get taken at
Glastonbury. In any case the Glastonbury people will give the
preference to Varsity men, and I'm not sure that they would be very
keen on having an ex-monk. However, as I said, you are independent
now and can choose yourself what you do. Meanwhile, I suppose it is
possible that Burrowes may decide you have no vocation, in which
case I hope you'll give up your monastic ambitions and come back
here.
Yours affectionately,
Stephen Ogilvie.
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