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After this we are not surprised to hear that a Professor of

Divinity (perhaps 'a late famous vicar of Croydon in Surrey,' as

the translator thinks) is desirous of being sent thither as a

missionary by the High Bishop, 'yea, and that he may himself be

made Bishop of Utopia, nothing doubting that he must obtain this

Bishopric with suit; and he counteth that a godly suit which

proceedeth not of the desire of honour or lucre, but only of a

godly zeal.' The design may have failed through the disappearance

of Hythloday, concerning whom we have 'very uncertain news' after

his departure. There is no doubt, however, that he had told More

and Giles the exact situation of the island, but unfortunately at

the same moment More's attention, as he is reminded in a letter

from Giles, was drawn off by a servant, and one of the company

from a cold caught on shipboard coughed so loud as to prevent

Giles from hearing. And 'the secret has perished' with him; to

this day the place of Utopia remains unknown.