Dalgarins failed to answer McMaster's letter because he has been at Guernsey with his parents and has found so much to occupy him that he could not write. He has been thinking of McMaster, however, for he himself is in much the same situation as McMaster, and can well appreciate the pain suffered by one on his way to Rome, as McMaster is. Dalgarins is not surprised as McMaster's announcement that his going over to Rome is now only a question of time, for, judging from previous letters describing his state of mind, Dalgarins had for seen the event. He had refrained from telling McMaster this, since going over to Rome is a serious step, and he does not wish to influence anyone. He sees his own way clearly now, and since McMaster has trusted him with a confidence, he, in return will trust McMaster. He has made up his mind to become a Catholic, for reasons he thinks would be useless to tell. But he will delay his actual profession until the end of 1844 for reasons of his own. Most of his friends in Oxford have not yet made up their minds. When those who have decided to become Catholics do so, the act will not be done in a corner. News of it will soon cross the Atlantic when it occurs, but at the moment no one contemplates taking the final step before Dalgarins. He hopes to see McMaster some day, and hopes they will continue writing. Next week he returns to Littlemore, to remain there some weeks. P.S. He asks McMaster to keep the contents of this letter secret. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.