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He had not been able to afford a private tutor during the term , with whom he might have discussed the papers , but he sent his Iambics and Latin verse to Mr Carden at Harton , who wrote back a most favourable and encouraging judgment of them , and seemed to regard Julian 's success as certain . Julian had implicit confidence in his opinion , for Mr Carden entered very warmly into all his hopes and wishes , and kept up with him an affectionate correspondence , which had helped him out of many intellectual difficulties , and lessened the force of many a temptation . The papers usually lasted from nine till twelve in the morning , and from two to four in the afternoon . It was on the Friday morning , when only three more papers remained , that Julian found Mr Carden 's kind and hopeful letter lying on his breakfast-table at eight o'clock ; he read it with a glow of pleasure , because he knew that he could rely thoroughly on the accuracy and truth of his old tutor 's judgment , and as he read and re-read it , his hopes rose higher and higher . Finishing breakfast , he began to build castles in the air , and to imagine to himself the delight it would be to write and tell the Doctor and Mr Carden of this new leaf to the Harton laurels . Never before had he a more reasonable ground for favourable expectation , and he began almost to run over in his mind the sort of letter he would write , and the kind of things he would say . Leaning over his window-sill , he enjoyed the cool feeling of the early spring breeze on his brow and hair , and then , finding by his watch that it was time to start , he took his cap and gown , and prepared to sally out to the senate-house .